Domestic dispute: Son kills father, injures mother

MUZAFFARABAD: A man shot dead his father and injured his mother in Tanaga Stand area of Mzaffarabad on Tuesday after a domestic dispute. According to police, 19- year- old Sabeel Waseem opened fire on his father Waseem Ahmad and mother Nooreen inside their house on Tuesday morning after developing some differences with them.  Sabeel fled soon after the incident. As a result, Ahmad died on the spot while the Nooreen was shifted to the Shaikh Kahlifa Bin Zayid Al Nahyan Hospital in an injured condition for treatment. Doctors said that she was out of danger and that they had removed two bullets from her body. After completing medical and legal formalities, Ahmad’s body was handed over to his relatives who buried him in their ancestral graveyard in Abbotabad. Police said Ahmad was a labourer and had been living with his wife and son in a rented house in Tanaga Stand for the last six months. Police have registered a case and are searching for Sabeel.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 21^st, 2016.