Man shoots 3 women, before killing himself near Lahore's Gaddafi Stadium
Two of the women shot died of their wounds
Bashir, sitting in the passenger seat, first shot the driver Naila beore turning to fire at Khadija and Maira, who were sitting at the back. He later shot himself. STOCK IMAGE
LAHORE:
A man shot dead three women and injured another near Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on Wednesday evening before he killed himself.
Police said the man, identified as Muhammad Bashir, was riding with the three women in a Suzuki Cultus. The women, identified as sisters Maira, Naila and their mother Khadija, stopped the car near a rather dark and deserted corner outside the cricket academy’s main gate.
Bashir, who was sitting in the passenger seat, first shot the driver Naila before turning to fire at Khadija and Maira, who were sitting in the back.
He later shot himself.
While Bashir, Naila and Maira died on the spot, Khadija was shifted to a nearby hospital where she succumbed to her injuries.
SSP Umer Virk told The Express Tribune that Bashir was a friend of the sisters’ father Younis.
“The motive behind the killings is unclear but the incident appears to be the result of a domestic dispute,” Virk said.
A guard at a nearby restaurant, Subhani, said, “I was helping a car, which had come to the restaurant, to get parked when the incident took place. The man in the car appeared to have a disagreement with the women when he opened fire on them before shooting himself as well.”
Police and forensic teams soon reached the site to collect evidences, and the bodies were shifted for a postmortem.
All four were residents of Baghbanpura area of Lahore.
Officials had not lodged an FIR of the incident till the filing of this report.
A man shot dead three women and injured another near Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on Wednesday evening before he killed himself.
Police said the man, identified as Muhammad Bashir, was riding with the three women in a Suzuki Cultus. The women, identified as sisters Maira, Naila and their mother Khadija, stopped the car near a rather dark and deserted corner outside the cricket academy’s main gate.
Bashir, who was sitting in the passenger seat, first shot the driver Naila before turning to fire at Khadija and Maira, who were sitting in the back.
He later shot himself.
While Bashir, Naila and Maira died on the spot, Khadija was shifted to a nearby hospital where she succumbed to her injuries.
SSP Umer Virk told The Express Tribune that Bashir was a friend of the sisters’ father Younis.
“The motive behind the killings is unclear but the incident appears to be the result of a domestic dispute,” Virk said.
A guard at a nearby restaurant, Subhani, said, “I was helping a car, which had come to the restaurant, to get parked when the incident took place. The man in the car appeared to have a disagreement with the women when he opened fire on them before shooting himself as well.”
Police and forensic teams soon reached the site to collect evidences, and the bodies were shifted for a postmortem.
All four were residents of Baghbanpura area of Lahore.
Officials had not lodged an FIR of the incident till the filing of this report.