Police while quoting neighbours said Syed Rasool, a jeweller by profession, owed millions of rupees to different vendors owing to which he was in troubled. Authorities said that Rasool opened fire on his family and then proceeded to take his own life around 6am at his house in Qaziyano Muhalla. Man kills family, commits suicideTwo other children were also shot at, injured and shifted to the hospital. The family members were asleep when he shot dead his wife, Haleema Bibi, son Suleman, 18, Sobia, 20, Umera, 13, while 11-year-old Usman sustained critical bullet wounds. In a similar incident on March 17, a man committed suicide after killing his wife and three children in Rai Chand.

Source: The Express Tribune April 09, 2019 17:37 UTC