Woman, 4 daughters shot dead

Published August 11, 2003

SHEIKHUPURA, Aug 10: A woman and her four daughters were slain in Muridke on Sunday evening in what police described as honour killing.

The bloodbath was carried out in Canal Park locality of the town allegedly by an uncle of the four sisters.

Police said accused Shaukat alias Shooki, a quack, doubted the modesty of his brother’s wife and four nieces (aged between 16 and 22). He entered their house in the evening and sprayed bullets on his sister-in-law Rubina, nieces Tayba, Shamim, Saba and Samina, who were present in the courtyard.

The mother and daughters died on the spot as they had sustained head injuries.

Muridke city police have registered a case against Shaukat who escaped from the site.

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