SWABI: A teenage boy killed his father and two other relatives in Swabi tehsil here on Sunday, police said.

SHO Zaida police station Ajab Durrani said the incident occurred in Ghar Banda village.

He said when his father, the grandfather and a maternal told him to desist from indulging in unlawful activities on Saturday night he got infuriated. Later, he said the accused went to his maternal uncle’s house and shot dead his grandfather, 65, and uncle, 28, on the spot. Then he came back to his house and killed his father, 48, the police officer added.

Mr Durrani said the alleged killer had also shot and injured his father in October 2017, but was forgiven by his father.

The SHO said another maternal uncle of the accused had got registered an FIR in the Zaida police station, adding the police took the bodies to Bacha Khan Medical Complex, Shahmansoor, for autopsy.

SHO Durrani said the police had raided various areas to arrest the accused, but he repeatedly changed his locations.

Meanwhile, four people were seriously injured when a rickshaw and a car collided on Swabi-Mardan Road near Naro Killi on Sunday.

Published in Dawn, August 10th, 2020

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