Two killed for ‘honour’

Published February 17, 2018

DERA MURAD JAMALI: A man killed his wife and her friend in the name of honour in Goth Abdul Aziz of Nasirabad district on Friday.

Police said that the suspect identified as Faiq Ali opened fire on his wife Zahra and Muhammad Sadiq. The two received multiple bullet wounds and died on the spot.

The suspect fled after committing the crime. The police termed it an incident of “honour killing” and said efforts were under way to arrest the suspect. The bodies were shifted to the district hospital and later handed over the victims’ relatives.

Published in Dawn, February 17th, 2018

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