TANK: Five members of a family, three women among them, were killed when rivals broke into their house and opened indiscriminate fire on them here on Friday afternoon.

The police said Attaullah, his wife, mother, a sister and a two-year-old son were killed on the spot. They said the incident occurred in Hassan Khel Koroona village in the jurisdiction of Mulazai police station. The attackers escaped.

Soon afterwards, a police contingent reached the spot and cordoned off the entire village to arrest the culprits. However, no arrest could be made till filing of this report.

Published in Dawn, October 24th, 2020

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