Family Feud: Three of a family shot dead

The motive behind the attack was told be an old family feud.

ABBOTABAD: Three of a family were shot dead while two others were wounded when unknown persons opened fire at them in Bandi Kher Ali Khan on Thursday.

The motive behind  attack was told be an old family feud. Police said that four persons of a family including a woman were on the way to Thana Tootni village when armed persons opened fire at them, killing three of them on the spot and injuring a woman Kaneez Akhtar and her son Waqas. The deceased were identified as Abid, his uncle Shahnawaz and cousin Waqar.

The police have registered case against the accused, who had earlier shot dead Abid’s mother and brother, and were at large for the last two years.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 7^th, 2012.