Father slaughters teen daughter in Rawalpindi

Brother shoots his two sisters dead in an act of sororicide in Gujar Khan

RAWALPINDI:

At least four brutal murders of women were reported in three separate incidents within a span of six hours in the Rawalpindi district on Wednesday.

In two of those incidents, family members were responsible for the brutal act. In the third incident, a 70-year-old shepherd woman was bludgeoned to death with a heavy object.

In the first incident, police arrested a man for murdering his 14-year-old daughter in the Wah Cantt area of Rawalpindi district. Police said that the accused, Maqsood, had killed his daughter with a sharp-edged object. They added that the police team had inspected the crime scene and recovered a sharp-edged object believed to be the murder weapon.

According to police sources, the man, who was now in police custody, appeared to be mentally ill. The Wah Cantt police said that a case would be registered after they had received the post-mortem report.

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In the second incident, a brother shot dead his two sisters in an act of sororicide in the Mastala area of Jatli in Gujar Khan before escaping, local police said.

According to Jatli police, the accused Rizwan shot dead his two sisters – Nazia Noreen and Sadia Noreen.

Police said the accused had fled the scene before their arrival. They added that the search for the two accused was underway.

In the third incident, a 70-year-old woman was killed in Jatli for grazing goats in a forest with the attackers escaping. 

According to preliminary investigation, the accused Abid Zia and Abdul had warned the victim against grazing her goats in the forest that she used to frequent. When she went there the next day as usual, it resulted in a heated exchange.

Police said that the two accused struck the old lady with a heavy object that led to her death.

They added that the body had been shifted to the Gujar Khan hospital for a post-mortem after which a case would be registered.