Man axes daughter to death

Published July 1, 2007

ATTOCK, June 30: A man axed to death his daughter and her alleged paramour in an honour killing incident at Daulatpur village in Fatehjang in the small hours of Friday. Police said Mehmood Afzal, a tenant, was sleeping in his house when he suddenly woke up on hearing some noise. On seeing his daughter with the son of his landlord, he got infuriated and killed them with an axe. The Fatehjang police have registered a double-murder case against the accused.

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