Preparing for Mehndi, bride shot dead in Lahore

Police say the 25-year-old victim was on the way to beauty parlour to get ready for evening’s function


Our Correspondent December 09, 2018
Police say the 25-year-old victim was on the way to beauty parlour to get ready for evening’s function. PHOTO: FILE

LAHORE: Armed men shot dead a 25-year-old woman within the jurisdiction of Raiwind police station on Sunday.

According to police, the victim, identified as Tahira Bibi, had gone to a beauty parlour to get ready for her Mehndi function with her sister.

The unidentified suspects intercepted them and opened fire at Tahira. She suffered bullet injuries and was rushed to a nearby hospital, where doctors pronounced her dead.

Police said the motive behind the killing has yet to be ascertained.

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They collected forensic evidence from the crime scene and recorded statements of the eye-witnesses. Police have also registered a case and are looking for suspects.

In a separate incident, a 10-year-old girl died when a speeding passenger bus rammed into a rickshaw on Sunday.

Angry residents caught the driver and beat him up before handing him over to the police. The body was shifted to a nearby hospital.

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