A six-year-old girl was drowned in a water tank and her head was smashed with a stone to hide her identity after a failed rape bid, 43-year-old private watchman arrested - eviltoast
Agra Girl, 6, Drowned In Water Tank, Head Smashed After Failed Rape Attempt: Cops
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A six-year-old girl was drowned in a water tank and her head was smashed with a stone to hide her identity after a failed rape bid, police said on Monday.
  • tiramichu@lemm.eeEnglish
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    10 months ago

    One of the meanings of ‘bid’ is to attempt to achieve something

    e.g. “In a bid to escape, he jumped down the waterfall”

    Doesn’t mean money is involved. But I agree it’s a poor choice of phrase for this headline.

    And either way, very bad news =(