Four members of a family shot dead in Charsadda

CHARSADDA: Four members of a family were shot dead in Ghamarzai area of Charsadda on Tuesday (today).

According to police, the killer, who is said to be a member of the family, opened indiscriminate fire at his mother, sister-in-law, niece and a cousin, resulting their death on the spot.

The accused managed to flee away from the scene. The cause of the incident could not be ascertained. Police conducting raids to put the killer behind the bars. The accused had also killed his wife earlier”, local police officials said.

On October 23, in another incident of multiple killings, four people including a woman were shot dead in  Diamer in Gilgit Baltistan region over a family dispute, while a child sustained bullet injuries.

A similar incident of killings was reported in Sargodha in June, in which five members of a family including a woman and children were shot dead by unidentified armed men.

Unidentified assailants stormed a house in  Chak 11 of Sargodha’s Bhalwal tehsil and opened incriminate fire over 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 about the incident, police and rescue teams reached the crime scene immediately and shifted the deceased to a nearby medical facility.

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