SANGHAR: A man who had earlier killed one of his four wives shot dead his another wife and brother on Thursday at his home in Naseer Khan Jalalani village near Sanghar, officials at the Jhol police station said.

They said Mashooq Jalalani fired on his wife, Saira Jalalani, over some family matter and also shot dead his brother, Mudassir, who tried to save her. The victims died instantly and the killer escaped from the area, the police said.

Residents of the neighbourhood said that the suspect had earlier killed one of his four wives and that Saira was the last one he had wedded.

Published in Dawn, August 26th, 2016

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