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TAXILA: A man has axed to death his father over domestic dispute in Bhabra colony in the Wah Cantonment police area on Saturday.

Police quoting family sources said that the man first exchanged hot words with his father and then took out an axe and attacked his father killing him on the spot. The accused managed to flee.

Wah cantonment police have registered a case against the accused and handed over the body to the family after autopsy at THQ hospital.

Published in Dawn, January 8th, 2017

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