Five of a family found dead in Bannu

Preliminary report by police states all five suffered gunshot wounds; reason for murders under investigation

BANNU:

The bodies of four children and their father were found in the Koshi area of Bannu district in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on Wednesday.

According to a preliminary report by the police, all five suffered gunshot wounds and a motorcycle was also found at the scene.

The bodies were shifted to the Khalifa Gulnawaz Teaching Hospital in Bannu for post-mortem examinations, while the motive behind the act was under investigation.

Earlier, the Balochistan Levies force discovered three bodies – a mother and her two sons – from a well in Barkhan district, triggering a strong protest by the local Marri tribesmen.

The deceased were family members of a local tribesman, Khan Muhammad Marri. The victims were identified as Giran Naz, wife of Khan Muhammad Marri and her two sons Mohammad Nawaz, in his 20s, and Abdul Qadir, in his teens.

The police said that the bodies were recovered from a well in the Haji Kot area of the district on Monday night.