A drug addict killed eight people including his father, brother and four women in a firing incident here on Saturday.
According to police, the incident took place in Sambarial tehsil of Sialkot where Bilal Gondal Group and Jabbar Group had a 10-year long enmity.
The accused Riaz, who belonged to Bilal Gondal Group, was drunk and he opened fire at a car of the rival group in Paluwal area. Resultantly, four people including three women were killed. Later, the accused went to his own home at Sheeni Gondal village and killed his father and brother as well.
Two more injured persons including Waqar and Haseena Bibi also succumbed to injuries at Mayo Hospital Lahore on Sunday raising death toll to eight from six due to over night’s ghastly incident.
The injured were shifted to MayoHospital in critical conditions however both of them expired due to injuries. Their dead bodies were brought to Sialkot for autopsies which were later handed over to heirs for burial.
The Airport police have not yet registered the case despite passage of 24 hours. When contacted, Muharrar Muhammad Naseer told newsmen that the Airport police had not yet registered the case of this tragedy. No one had submitted an application for registration of a case from either side, he added.
Meanwhile, SP (Investigation) Sialkot Asad Sarfraz Khan told media persons that the police had arrested an accused Abid Pathan and further investigations were underway.
Earlier, the Airport police handed over the bodies to the heirs for burial. All the slain persons were laid to rest in their native graveyard at village Chhani Gondal-Kulluwal, Sambrial, amid tight security.