Man kills his three family members in Mardan

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MARDAN: A man gunned down his mother, a sister and a brother in Babuzo area of Katlang tehsil here on Sunday.

Katlang police station officials said preliminary investigations revealed Gohar Rehman accompanied by a relative, namely Murad, opened indiscriminate fire on his brother, Shah Room, 30, his mother, 70, and sister, 28, killing them on the spot.

The police registered FIR on the complaint of Shams-i-Tabrez against his brother and relative. However, the complainant did not mention a reason behind the incident. The Katlang police said that they had begun efforts to arrest the suspected killers.

Published in Dawn, December 26th, 2022

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