Five of a family gunned down in Sargodha

SARGODHA: At least five members of a family, woman and children among them, were shot dead by unidentified armed men in a neighborhood of Sargodha district on Saturday morning.

According to details, unidentified assailants stormed a house in  Chak 11 of Sargodha’s Bhalwal tehsil and opened fire indiscriminately at members of the family.

As a result, a man, his wife and their two sons and a daughter died of fatal bullet wounds on the spot.

After being informed of the incident, police and rescue teams reached the crime scene immediately and shifted the deceased to a nearby medical facility.

A police officer said the police have begun an investigation into the firing incident after gathering evidence from the scene adding that raids are being conducted to nab the culprits.

There was no immediate word on the motive behind the killings.

The deceased couple have been identified as Muhammad Tufail, 50, and his wife Majeeda Bibi 40, while the children killed in the attack aged between 16 and 20 years.