Police hunt man thought to have fled to UK after 'slashing two-year-old daughter's throat'

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails

Sign up to our free breaking news emails

Please enter a valid email address

Please enter a valid email address

SIGN UP

I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy

A man accused of killing his two-year-old daughter is thought to have fled to the UK from Germany.

The 33-year-old man, identified as Sohail A, is reported to have slashed the throat of the child following a violent row with his wife at their home in Hamburg.

The man is said to be an asylum seeker from Pakistan, and UK police have been notified as he is thought to have relatives in the UK, the Daily Mail reported.

Europol confirmed the investigation was ongoing.

It is alleged that the young girl named Aeyesha was left with her father while her mother, Lubna, went to police to report her husband’s violence, something she had done twice previously.

She returned with officers to find her daughter murdered and her husband has not been seen since.

The man was living in Germany and is said to have had his asylum application rejected six years ago.

Police said he was last seen on his way to Hamburg’s main train station.

According to media reports he launched emergency action at Hamburg’s Administrative court in April to be allowed to stay on in the country having married and had children.

The judge in the case was informed by police, who knew of the family, about the violence against his wife, leading him to get the Youth Authorities involved and postponing his expulsion from the country.