Man kills mother, brother and wife in Balochistan's Hub

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KHUZDAR: A man killed his mother, younger brother and his own wife and injured his daughter over a domestic dispute in the industrial city of Hub, police said on Saturday.

They said the accused, identified as Saqib Ali, opened indiscriminate fire inside his house in the Adalat Road area of Deno Colony in Hub after becoming angry over a domestic dispute, resulting in the deaths of three family members and injuries to his daughter.

“In the firing, the mother, younger brother and accused’s wife were killed on the spot after receiving multiple bullet injuries,” Berot police station SHO Attaullah Jamoot told Dawn, adding that police rushed to the site after the incident and shifted the bodies and the injured to Jam Ghulam Qadir Hospital. Police said Saqib had been arrested and further investigation was underway.

Published in Dawn, May 17th, 2026

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