Eight killed in incidents across Faisalabad

Eight persons killed in different incidents in and around Faisalabad during the last 24 hours


APP May 31, 2020
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FAISALABAD: Eight persons including three women and three children were killed in different incidents in and around Faisalabad during the last 24 hours.

Police spokesperson said on Sunday that Sobia, 28, wife of Abbas and resident of Madina Town, was suffering from protracted illness for a long time. She became irritated due to her illness and swallowed poisonous pills.

She was rushed to a hospital but she expired on the way. In other incident, Rabia, a resident of Chak No 215RB became dejected when her marriage proposal was reportedly rejected by her cousin.

She committed suicide by hanging herself with a rope in the house. In a third incident, Zuhray Khan, his wife Azra Bibi and daughter Ghulam Fatima, 9, were killed and three children including Zulekhan, 13, Khizar, 10, and Mohasan 5, were injured when the roof of their house caved in due to rain in Chak No 590GB.

In another incident, Abdullah, 6, son of Muhammad Akhtar, was killed when a speedy tractor hit him severely while playing in the street outside his house in Shadab Colony.

An elderly man named Muhammad Yousuf, a resident of Chak No 361JB and Muhammad Jibran, 17, a resident of Chak No 158GB were killed in separate road accidents.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 1st, 2020.

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