Dubai: A Pakistani expatriate working in Saudi Arabia, killed nine members of his family including wife, two children, mother-in-law and two-sisters in law.
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The tragic incident happened in Multan on Sunday when the suspect identified as Ajmal gunned down five people and then set his in-laws’ house on fire killing four more people, a senior police officer told Gulf News from Multan.
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The suspect had arrived in Multan a few days ago from Saudi Arabia where he works as a tailor. Police said that Ajmal had suspected that his wife Kiran was cheating on him while he was away in Saudi Arabia. He along with his father and a brother went to his in-laws house where he opened fire after heated argument.
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According to prelminary investigation, Ajmal gunned down five members of the family on the spot including his wife, mother-in-law and two sisters-in-law. His brother-in-law and father-in-law also got bullet injuries. After opening fire, he, his father and borther allegedly locked other people in the room and set the house on fire. As a result, his two children and two other women were burnt alive. While eight people died on the spot, one with bullet wounds succumbed to injuries at Nishtar Hospital in Multan.
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A senior official told Gulf News that the suspect first opened fire on his wife. His mother-in-law and sisters-in-law came forward to save Kiran but he continued to shoot in rage and killed them all.
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He and his father also reportedly opened fire at the people who had gathered outside the house injuring a woman and a child.
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Multan City Police Office (CPO) Imran Mehmood told media that the suspect Ajmal and his father had been arrested while his brother was at large.
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