Girl dies in Haripur

Published October 13, 2005

HARIPUR, Oct 12: A young girl of T & T Colony died in mysterious circumstances on Wednesday evening. Family sources and police termed it accidental death.

The area police quoted Abdul Wahid as saying that his daughter Kiran Bibi, 20, was cleaning a shotgun when it went off. She received an injury in the stomach and died before getting any medical assistance.

However, local circles termed it a suicide. This is the second incident of suicide reported from Haripur during the last two days. Earlier, a young boy had committed suicide with a 30-bore pistol in Khalabat Township.

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