Man kills niece for ‘honour’ in KP's Oghi
MANSEHRA: A man from the Kohistan region has allegedly killed his 18-year-old niece and injured a man and his cousin in an honour-related incident in Oghi. “The suspect first shot dead his niece at home and then went outside and opened fire on her alleged paramour and his cousin. We arrested him when he was fleeing,” District Police Officer Mohammad Waqas Khan told reporters. He said the suspect…
MANSEHRA: In a shocking incident in Kohistan's Oghi, a man allegedly killed his 18-year-old niece and injured another man and his cousin due to an honor-related dispute. The suspect first shot his niece at home before targeting her alleged lover and her cousin. Police arrested the suspect as he fled the scene. District Police Officer Mohammad Waqas Khan confirmed the arrest, stating that the crime occurred under local honor-related customs.
The victim's body was taken to Oghi's tehsil headquarters hospital for medico-legal procedures. The victim's brother, Naveed Ahmad, filed a First Information Report (FIR) claiming his father had passed away eight years ago and that he and his sister had moved to their paternal uncle's residence in Oghi. Ahmad recounted how their uncle, Umarzada, shot and killed his sister.
The injured man and his cousin, Ahtram Khan, were cutting firewood when Umarzada opened fire, leaving one of them in critical condition. Oghi police SHO Amir Khan confirmed the arrests of the suspected killer under sections 302 and 311 of the Pakistan Penal Code.
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