Boy, girl killed accidentally

Published September 25, 2008

SUKKUR, Sept 24: A minor girl and a boy were killed when their elder brother accidentally pulled the trigger of a handgun while cleaning it at his home in Sajjan Dakhan village in the limits of Darya Khan Mari police station on Wednesday.

Reports reaching here said that Ghulam Rabbani was cleaning the handgun, when it went off accidentally killing Farid, 7, and Farida, 3, on the spot. Police arrested Rabbani after registering a case of accidental fire.

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