PESHAWAR: Five members of a family, including women and children, were killed over an old enmity in the provincial capital on Saturday night, the police said.

A resident, Asghar, got registered an FIR with the Shahpur police station, stating that he along with his nephew, his sister, her three daughters and a son was returning to his sister’s house after buying daily commodities when Atlas Khan, Yousaf Khan, Saqib and Ashi allegedly opened fire at them near his sister’s house.

He told the police that his sister, his three nieces and a nephew died on the spot. He added that the reason behind the killings was an old enmity.

The police said that they registered a case under sections 302, 324 and 34 of Pakistan Penal Code and launched an investigation into the incident.

Published in Dawn, August 12th, 2024