Woman, twin daughters slain

Published April 13, 2007

CHARSADDA, April 12: A woman and her twin daughters were killed in their house in the Ghlu Kallay village of Tangi area on Wednesday night. Shaheen, wife of Noorzad Mir, and her teenaged daughters Bakht Zamina and Hanifa were axed to death by some unknown people. Neighbours heard the cries of Shaheen’s two children in the afternoon on Thursday and informed police.

Police said the children were found unharmed. Police have found no clues. An FIR is yet to be lodged.

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