{"id":3878,"date":"2009-06-26T12:37:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-26T12:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2009\/06\/26\/murder-hunt-after-girl-15-dies-in-arson-attack\/"},"modified":"2016-01-07T11:36:44","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T11:36:44","slug":"murder-hunt-after-girl-15-dies-in-arson-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2009\/06\/26\/murder-hunt-after-girl-15-dies-in-arson-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Murder hunt after girl, 15, dies in arson attack"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Family members still in critical condition, police say<\/h3>\n
\"\"DETECTIVES have launched a murder inquiry after a 15-year-old girl lost her fight for life four days after a suspected arson attack on her home.<\/strong> <\/div>\n

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Teenager Maleha Masud suffered burns and smoke inhalation following the attack on her home in Tooting, South London. <\/div>\n

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She was rescued from the house with her 21-year-old sister Nabiha and their younger brother Junaid, 16.<\/div>\n

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Paramedics had to resuscitate Nabiha moments after dragging her out of the house. <\/div>\n

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Their mother, Rubina Masud, 53, and her 22-year-old son Zain Masud, a City banker, jumped from a first-floor window to escape the blaze in Lessingham Avenue last Sunday morning.<\/div>\n

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Rubina was discharged from hospital while Nabiha, Junaid and Zain remain in critical condition.<\/div>\n

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Speaking following the devastation of losing her youngest daughter, Rubina said: \u201cI am devastated at what’s happened. I can’t believe anyone would do such a thing.<\/div>\n

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\u201cI am just really concerned for my children. Please pray for them.\u201d<\/div>\n

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Detective Chief Inspector Damian Allain, who is leading the investigation, said: “A mother has had her youngest child taken from her in the most tragic circumstances. <\/div>\n

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“Her three other children remain seriously ill in hospital. They were at the place where they should feel safest, in their family home. <\/div>\n

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“Whoever has committed this act is not only a coward but is a dangerous individual who must be caught.” <\/div>\n

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He added: “Hundreds of cyclists would have been in the area at the time making their way to the start point of the London to Brighton bike ride at Clapham Common. <\/div>\n

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“I would appeal to people who may have seen anyone carrying a petrol can or similar container to come forward.”<\/div>\n

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Two boys, aged 14 and 15, were arrested in connection with the fire and bailed until August, pending further inquiries. No charges have yet been brought.<\/div>\n

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Family members still in critical condition, police say DETECTIVES have launched a murder inquiry after a 15-year-old girl lost her fight for life four days after a suspected arson attack on her home. Teenager Maleha Masud suffered burns and smoke inhalation following the attack on her home in Tooting, South London. She was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3878\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}