QUETTA, May 24: A man committed suicide after killing his four children in his home on the Motiram road on Saturday.

Salman Taran, son of Barkhan DPO Abdul Ahad Taran, worked for an NGO.

According to family sources, some domestic dispute caused the tragedy.

Salman first killed his three daughters, seven-year-old Sadia, four-year-old Sehar and two-year-old Manail, and a son Saad, 10, with a TT pistol and then shot himself dead.

Police were investigating the incident.

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