LAKKI MARWAT: Three people including a widow and teenage boy were killed inside their house in the limits of Shah Salim police station in Nara Banda area of Karak district on Tuesday.

Hazrat Nawab told police that his son Umar Ayaz entered the house of his brother late Gul Dayaz and opened firing on inmates, killing his brother Abid Ali, 24, Farhad Bibi, widow of Gul Dayaz, and Irfanullah, 14, son of Gul Dayaz.

“The suspect was angry with the three victims for killing his brother Gul Dayaz a month ago,” he said, telling police that only Abid Ali was blamed in the FIR for killing his brother Gul Dayaz. He said that the suspect managed to escape after committing the crime.

Published in Dawn, July 2nd, 2025

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