SHEIKHUPURA, Oct 13: An elderly man and his granddaughter were killed in Safdrabad locality in Nankana district when hit by aerial firing during a marriage ceremony on Monday.

Reports said Akram and her granddaughter Sana were attending a marriage ceremony when some of the participants resorted to aerial firing. Unfortunately, the fire hit Akram and Sana leaving them both injured critically. They were shifted to a local hospital where doctors pronounced them dead. Safdrabad police are investigating.

There is a great concern in the town over the rising incidence of aerial firing which has claimed at least eight lives after Eid.