DERA MURAD JAMALI: A man shot dead his wife and a man in the name of honour in the Bohar locality on Tuesday.

According to police, it was the third incident of honour killing in Nasirabad and Jhal Magsi districts over the past 24 hours.

No arrest has been made so far in any of these cases.

Police officials said that Ali Nawaz Abro opened fire on his wife Hameeda and Abdullah Abro in Dera Murad Jamali town, killing them on the spot.

The bodies were handed over to their families after medico-legal formalities.

Published in Dawn, November 23rd, 2016

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