Two killed in jubilant firing

Author: By Our Correspondent

KHAIRPUR: Two people were killed in firing in the air at a marriage near Naushehro Feroze on Sunday.

According to detail a festive environment at a wedding ceremony at village Sawan Bhutto near Nausharo feroze turned into mourning after celebratory gunfire left two people including a child dead.

Police sources said that two of the groom’s relatives sustained bullet wounds as a result of aerial firing at the wedding. Before the injured could be taken to any hospital for treatment, they succumbed to their injuries. Both the deceased were identified as Muhammad Ramazan alias Saeed Bhutto, 7 year old, and Muhammad Sharif Bhutto, 45 year old.

Police reached the scene immediately after the incident and transferred the dead bodies to hospital for medico-legal formalities.

The police said two suspects have fled the scene of the incident and efforts were underway to arrest them. However, police arrested one, Asharaf Bhutto, in connection with the incident. Police did not file case of the incident till the filing of story.

Published in Daily Times, July 10th , 2017.

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