Swat: Widows, daughters shot dead

SWAT: Three people were shot by unidentified gunmen in Fazal Bandha area of tehsil Matta. According to an official of Matta police station, late Thursday night assailants broke into the house of a widow, Shamo and opened fire, killing her and her two daughters, Shahzadi, 30 and Sherbano, 26, on the spot. Police arrived on the site after being informed by locals. They took the bodies into custody and shifted them to tehsil hospital Matta for autopsies. Police have filed a case against unidentified assailants and launched an investigation.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 2^nd, 2013.