Land dispute: Three family members gunned down

CHARSADDA: Three family members were killed over a land dispute in Patwari Kallay, Charsadda on Thursday. Sardheri police SHO Noor Ilahi said that relatives of the deceased Noor Dad, brothers Tehseenullah and Fazulullah, barged into his house at 9am and opened fire. He was killed instantly with his wife, Nighat, and daughter, Haseena.  Fazal Dad, father of the deceased, registered an FIR against the accused. The bodies were shifted to the District Headquarters Hospital for autopsy, where it was shown that Noor Dad was shot 13 times while Haseena and Nighat were shot 10 and five times respectively. “The victims died instantly due to severe wounds,” the doctor added.

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