Karo kari: Man kills his mother, uncle

SUKKUR: A woman and her alleged lover were shot dead by her son in Bhens Colony in the jurisdiction of the Rehmatpur police station in Larkana on Sunday. Unconfirmed reports said that Mohammad Bux Dahani suspected that his fifty-year-old mother, Mandra Khatoon, had illicit relations with his uncle, Khadim Hussain. He shot her dead with a pistol and then forced his way into his uncle’s house. Mohammad Bux killed his uncle and then fled, but was later arrested by the police. The pistol that he used has been recovered. The bodies of the victims were sent to a hospital for autopsy.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 14^th,  2011.