Swabi: Brother guns down sister, 4 others over marriage of choice

SWABI: A brother gunned down five persons including his sister, brother-in-law and nephew over marriage of choice at Qab Ghani on Monday here, Geo News reported.

Police said that the sister of the accused, who had married by choice some eight years ago and had left the area, returned to her native place a few days ago. The accused on information of her arrival went to his sister’s in-laws home and opened indiscriminate firing, killing five persons including his sister, brother-in-law and nephew, while another nephew of the accused and a woman sustained injuries.

The bodies and the injured were shifted to the District Headquarter Hospital.

Police hunting for the accused, who immediately after firing successfully escaped from the scene of incident.