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Five members of family axed to death in Pakisan
 MULTAN, Pakistan A man wielding an ax killed a woman, her three young children and mother-in-law in eastern Pakistan, police said on Thursday. The victims had been struck repeatedly in their heads on Wednesday night in their home in Pakpattan, a farming town in the eastern Punjab province, area police chief Raja Riffat Mukhtar said.A 35-year-old woman, Rukhsana Ajmal, mother of the three slain children two girls, 10, 8, and a boy, 5 -- were killed in the attack, Mukhtar said. Her mother in law was also killed. Killing the boy means it was a feud; if it was just over honor only the woman and girls would have been bashed. Neighbours heard the victims scream before they died, Mukhtar said. A man was seen running away from their house, he said. A motive for the attack was not known and police are questioning the slain childrens father who was not at home when the attack happened but he is not a suspect or has been formally arrested, he said. Got an alibi from the local holy man, did he? Police will also investigate to determine whether one or more attackers carried out the killings, Mukhtar said adding that there was no immediate evidence to suggest that the family was attacked because of a feud. In Pakistans deeply conservative rural areas family feuds are common. Yup, somebody insulted second cousin Mahmoud's mustache and that means there's hell to pay. Posted by: Steve White 2006-12-15 |
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