Lahore: Man kills wife, toddler over petty dispute

Lahore: Man kills wife, toddler over petty dispute
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Summary Police took the bodies into custody and launched an investigation.

LAHORE (Dunya News) – A ruthless man killed his Hafiz-e-Qur’an wife and two-year-old son in Lahore on Sunday. He was later arrested by police and confessed to the double homicide, Dunya News reported.

The incident took place in Lahore’s Noor Colony, where according to police and rescue officials, Javed, a rickshaw driver, murdered his wife Farzana and Tayyab, 2, apparently due to domestic quarrel.
Reportedly, the accused who was living in a single-room house in Ghaziabad area, killed his wife using a sharp-edged weapon and strangled the child following a petty domestic dispute. He also injured himself with the sharp-edged weapon in a failed suicide attempt.
Javed later called Rescue 1122 and informed about the killings. Meanwhile, he was arrested by the police who claimed that the accused have confessed to killing his wife and minor child over a domestic dispute.
Police took the bodies into custody and launched an investigation.

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