Pakistani father commits suicide after killing four minor children
- 4 hours ago
Gulf Today Report
In a horrific incident in Pakistan's Swabi district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, a father shot himself dead after brutally slaughtered his four minor children, police and local media said on Thursday.
According to media report and rescue officials, the incident seemed to be a domestic issue since the man’s wife had gone to her parent’s home.
The tragedy unfolded early on Thursday morning in the Yar Hussain Sarra China area of Swabi district.
“The father received a bullet wound to the head, while the Rescue 1122 team found the bodies at the deceased man’s house and shifted them to the tehsil headquarters hospital,” a senior police officer said.
The man, identified as Saif-ul Islam, used a sharp-edged weapon to kill his four children before ending his own life.
The victims included two sons and two daughters, aged between two and twelve years.
The deceased have been identified as 12-year-old Zia-ul Islam, 10-year-old Abdul Rehman, 8-year-old Sana, and a two-year-old girl whose name could not be ascertained immediately.
Locals said that Saif worked as a tailor, and his wife had left for her parental home following domestic disputes.
Police have started collecting evidence from the crime scene. While the initial findings suggest murder-suicide, officials say further investigation will determine the exact circumstances of the incident.
According to a jirga member Awwal Sher Khan, the man sent his two-year-old daughter to the wife two days earlier after his efforts to bring back his wife had failed, Dawn New reported. But the wife returned the child, which culminated in reaching his frustration into the incident, he added.
