FAISALABAD, July 24: Five members of a family were gunned down on Saturday night while three women sustained injuries over an old enmity at Chak no. 274-GB in Satiana police limits, about 35km away from here.

Reports said Awan and Abbas groups had an old enmity. On Saturday night, Awan group members — Mumtaz, Riaz, Zulfiqar, Liaquat Ali, Yousaf, Suleman, Ashraf and others — wearing police uniforms allegedly forced their entry into the house of Ghulam Abbas. On identifying the accused, the family members raised an alarm on which the alleged outlaws opened fire.

As a result of which, Ghulam Abbas (60), his wife Parveen (45), son Ahmed Sher (22) and two close relatives, Zahida Bibi (20) and Abida Bibi (25), were killed on the spot. Abbas’ other family members Sabira (25), Khalida (20) and Asia (18) sustained serious injuries.

The injured were rushed to the hospital.

Meanwhile, District Police Officer Muhammad Amin Wains told the press that a case had been registered against all the accused under Sections 302, 324, 337, 452, 148 and 149 of the PPC, 151 of the Police Order 2002 and 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act.

He said three special teams had been constituted to round up the killers. — Correspondent