Drug addict kills father, 2 others

KARAK: An alleged drug addict on Tuesday killed his father, brother and niece in Karak city over some domestic issue and injured four others.Police said a man identified as Faizan, a resident of Karak city, allegedly attacked his father Karim Shah, brother Luqman and niece with a dagger and killed them on the spot.

He attacked another brother Muhammad Irfan, son of Karim Shah (38 years), niece Sumeera (25 year) daughter of Luqman, Tahira (42 years) wife of Luqman and Iman daughter of Luqman (24 years) and they sustained critical injuries.

The injured persons were first shifted to Women and Children Hospital in Karak and later referred to a hospital in Peshawar in very precarious conditions.Station House Officer of the Karak Police Station informed the media persons that they had rounded up the accused and shifted him to Karak police station for investigations.