PESHAWAR: Four sisters were shot dead and a son of one of them was injured allegedly by some neighbours over a monetary dispute in Kachi Mohalla here on Saturday.

Fazal Hussain and his sons allegedly barged into the house of Iqbal Hussain and opened indiscriminate fire, killing the four women and injuring the boy, according to SHO Riaz Ali Shah of Hashtnagri police station.

He said the suspects apparently wanted to harm Iqbal Hussain who had exchanged harsh words with them a couple of hours earlier. But he was not at home when the attack took place.

Iqbal Hussain, a property dealer, and Fazal Hussain had developed serious differences over a property deal, the police officer said. Elders of their families had unsuccessfully tried to resolve the issue.

Iqbal Hussain and Fazal Hussain were next-door neighbours, he added.

The names of the slain girls were Ruqayya, Rani, Farhana and Samreen. The eight-year-old injured boy, Obaidullah, is the son of late Farhana.

A police officer said FIR had yet to be registered in the case because the aggrieved family was unable to record any statement.

“We have obtained some information about the suspects and are trying to arrest them,” he said.

The injured boy, who had suffered multiple bullet injuries, was under treatment at the intensive care unit of the Lady Reading Hospital, a source said.

Bodies of the deceased women had been kept in the mortuary of the hospital where their post-mortem would be conducted, he said.

Published in Dawn, June 28th, 2015

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