CHARSADDA: Unidentified gunmen shot dead two sisters inside their house in Mohallah Sadat Utmanzai in the jurisdiction of city police station here the other day.

Safdar Hussain Shah, cousin of the deceased girls, reported to city police that he was at his home when he was informed about the incident.

He said he rushed to his uncle’s house where he saw bodies of his two cousins lying in the pool of blood.

He said both were gunned down by unknown assailants when they returned home after attending a wedding party of relatives. He said both the girls were unmarried.

Mr Shah said they had no enmity with anybody. The police registered an FIR and started investigation.

Meanwhile, a man killed his brother after altercation on some petty issue in Mian Kalley in the limits of Prang police station. Faraz told police that during exchange of hot words between his brothers Imran and Nefaz Ali the former opened fire on the latter and killed him on the spot.

Published in Dawn, October 20th, 2020

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