HARIPUR: Gunmen killed a couple in the remote Mohri Pir Bux village in the limits of Kotnajibullah union council, police said here on Tuesday.

They said it was a case of the so-called targeted killing over a marriage.

Shazia Bibi told police that she was sitting with her husband, Jehangir Khan, and his second wife, Bakhsheeda Bibi, in their room on Monday night when Baz Gul and Said Gul barged in and fired gunshots at Khan and Bibi.

She added that the couple died immediately, while the gunmen fled before the arrival of neighbours.

The woman said Bibi was the former wife of Baz Gul, so he was upset with the couple over their recent marriage.

The police registered a case of double murder against the accused. However, no arrest was made until night.

Source: Dawn