Mother, four children found dead at home in Gujranwala

Police say slain children were aged between five and 12; launch investigation into incident

GUJRANWALA:

A woman and her four children were killed in their home in the Dogranwala area of Gujranwala. Their bodies were found early Thursday morning.

According to police officials, all four children - aged between five and 12 - belonged to the slain woman. The deceased appear to have been killed by being hit on the head with a hammer.

The victim's husband is said to reside in another village.

The bodies have been shifted to a nearby hospital and an investigation has been launched, the police said.

Earlier this month, the police booked a government officer who had killed his wife and minor daughter in the Naseerabad area.

The grade 17 federal government employee, Mujahid Ali, confessed to strangulating his wife and 18-month old daughter during the investigation.

The suspect confessed that he killed his wife and continued sleeping beside the dead body with her daughter for two-three days. Later, he killed the child too.

When the stench grew unbearable, the family of the suspect forced him to get the bodies buried. Mujahid Ali then staged a drama that both victims had died of suffocation due to the gas leakage in the house. To avoid questions, he immediately got himself admitted in the hospital on the pretext of contracting the coronavirus.