Class 12 student killed in UP

An 18-year-old girl was today allegedly killed by a man in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district, police said.

The incident took place at a village in the district when the man allegedly attacked the girl, who was returning home, with a sharp-edged weapon following which she died on the spot, a police official said.

It was alleged that the girl, a class 12 student, was allegedly harassed by the man a number of times in the past, but she resisted him, he said.

A search was on for the accused, who was absconding, the official added.