GUJAR KHAN: A teenage boy allegedly killed his sister and brother and committed suicide in the Kurri Dolaal village of Mandra.

According to police, Ahsan Zaib, 15, opened fire in his house at around 3am on Saturday over some domestic dispute. As a result, his brother Hassan Zaib, 24, and sister Asma, 19, died on the spot while his mother Nasira Bibi sustained bullet injuries. The injured was shifted to Holy Family Hospital in Rawapindi.

According to Mandra Station House Officer (SHO) Yassir Abbasi, the killer fled from the house and on Sunday evening police got information that he had committed suicide by shooting himself in a ravine near his village.

Meanwhile, the body of an unidentified man was found near the Mandra toll plaza on Sunday evening.

Police and Rescue 1122 shifted the body to the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital.

Published in Dawn, January 18th, 2021

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