ABBOTTABAD/SWABI: A man shot dead his wife, a sister-in-law and two others over a family dispute in Thandiyani area of Abbottabad, the police said on Sunday.

Officials of Nawan Sher police station said Jaffar shot dead his 30-year-old wife Saima, 25-year-old sister-in-law Iram, 26-year-old Kiran, daughter of Sherin, and 13-year-old Zeeshan, son of Sherin. A two-year-old boy, Mohammad Ali was injured.

Rescue 1122 and police shifted the bodies and the injured to the District Headquarters Hospital, Abbottabad.

The police said they had arrested the accused and registered a case against him.

Meanwhile, three persons were killed over family disputes in Swabi on Sunday, the police said.

SHO Swabi city police station Ajab Durrani said a man was shot dead over relations of a woman in Gohati village.

Similarly, he said Bilal Khan of Maneri Bala was killed allegedly by Qaim Khan and Farman Khan on Sunday. He said a brother of the deceased got an FIR registered against the two accused.

Also on Sunday, unidentified assailants shot dead a private schoolteacher, Said Islam, in Turlandi village.

Registering an FIR in Kalu Khan police station, his wife said he was on way home when two motorcyclists opened fire on him on Shewa Adda-Turlandi Road. She said they had no enmity with anyone.

Published in Dawn, May 8th, 2023