QUETTA: Three siblings — two boys and a girl — aged between three and five years were found slaughtered and a fourth was injured in their home in the New Sariab area on the outskirts of the city on Monday evening.

Police said that the parents of the children were not at home when unidentified people slit their throats.

After receiving information about the tragic incident, the police reached the area and found the bodies of the three children and the wounded girl who also had cuts on her throat.

The bodies and the injured girl were shifted to the civil hospital.

The police have taken a woman into custody who worked in the house as a servant and started the investigation.

The SHO of the New Sariab Police Station, Abdul Hayee Baloch, said that when police personnel entered the house they found the bodies of the three slaughtered children in a room and the wounded girl with injuries to her throat.

The condition of the seven-year-old injured girl, Kashmala Bibi, is said to be serious.

According to police officials, the father of the children, Ataullah Mengal, is a government employee of the Education Directorate of Balochistan. He also runs his motorcycle showroom. The mother of the children runs a beauty parlor in the city.

The relatives of the children said that the family had no enmity with anyone.

The police identified the deceased children as five-year-old Husainullah, three-year-old Zainullah and four-year-old Aqsa.

The police have registered a case and started investigation.

Published in Dawn, March 16th, 2021