The alleged rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Pakistan's Punjab province triggered violent protests that left two people dead in police firing on Wednesday. Kasur town, located a short distance from the border with India, had been tense after the girl disappeared on January 4 while on her way home from a tuition centre. Her parents were away on a pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia, and her family circulated CCTV footage on social media that showed her with an unidentified man.