Police believed the incident was the fallout of a family dispute and have started investigation to hunt down the accused. — Photo by Reuters

RAHIM YAR KHAN: Seven members of a family were found killed in their house in tehsil Sadiqabad on Tuesday.

According to police, the family lived near a graveyard in Fatah Gada.

Locals of the area informed police that the house of Rana Mohammad Sadiq was locked and nobody was seen entering or leaving it.

Police reached the site and found Rana Mohammad Sadiq, his wife Shagufta, daughters Rukhsana, Lubna and sons Ahmed Hassan, Javed Hassan and Ameer Hassan had been stabbed to death.

Police believed the incident was the fallout of a family dispute and have started investigation to hunt down the accused.

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