MARDAN: Four brothers allegedly shot dead their sister and her husband over a domestic dispute in Sawaldher locality here on Sunday.

Jabbar police station officials quoted a daughter of the slain couple as saying that her parents were shot dead by her maternal uncles over a women dispute.

The alleged killers fled the spot soon after committing the double murder.

The police lodged FIR on the complaint of the deceased couple’s daughter against the four accused brothers.

They said the slain man aged 41 and the woman, 35.

Published in Dawn, January 24th, 2022

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