Zainab Ansari, 7, was raped, killed and then dumped in a rubbish heap A serial killer has been sentenced to death for the murder of eight children in Pakistan. Mohammad Imran was found guilty of killing eight children, including a seven-year-old girl whose rape and murder drew nationwide condemnation and triggered violent protests. The court announced the decision in the presence of Imran, 24, who had pleaded guilty during the five-day trial, the public prosecutor Ehtesham Qadir told reporters outside a high-security prison in the eastern city of Lahore, where the trial was held. Imran was arrested in January, two weeks after authorities say he raped and killed seven-year-old Zainab Ansari and threw her body into a rubbish dump in the city of Kasur. Angered over her murder at the time, residents attacked a police station, sparking clashes in which two people were killed. The serial killer has been sentenced to death (Picture: AP) Her parents had gone to Saudi Arabia for pilgrimage at the time and she was left with relatives.