A woman and her daughter were shot dead while their husbands were injured in an armed attack on the family in a village in Veeran Forest in Jhirk, Thatta district, on Saturday. Razia Khoso, 40, Azizan Khoso, 22, were gunned down and their husbands were injured.
The police said they have started an investigation, though, the incident's FIR could not be registered by the evening. The local residents claim that people from different parts of Larkana, Sukkur and Hyderabad divisions have settled in the forest area, either illegally occupying the forest land or managing to secure leases in allegedly dishonest ways.
Meanwhile, in Kotri town of Jamshoro district a married woman was strangled to death allegedly by her own brothers and uncle. DSP Shahnawaz Jokhio and SHO Khair Muhammad Mallah told a press conference that 20-year-old Zulekhan, wife of Nadeem Burdi, was killed and later buried in Jeay Shah graveyard near Syedabad area.
The DSP informed that an FIR has been lodged on the state's complaint nominating her two brothers, an uncle, a cousin and seven other persons. The official also apprised that the police have filed an application before the court to exhume her body.
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