KARACHI  –  A drug addict killed his 22-year-old wife in Saeedabad, police said. Area SHO Idris Bangash said the victim, identified as Saba, was strangled to death by her husband, Irfan, inside their home in Sector-12-E. He said after killing his wife, the suspect phoned his father-in-law and informed him of the murder, and then fled. The couple had married of their own free will and had two children. However, they often quarrelled with each other as Irfan was addicted to drugs, he added. The corpse was shifted to the Dr Ruth Pfau Civil Hospital Karachi for medico-legal formalities. Meanwhile, one child was killed and two others sustained injuries in a firing incident that took place near Sarjani Town area of Karachi, tv channels quoting Rescue sources reported on Friday. According to details, one child tragically lost his life while two others sustained injuries in an aerial firing incident that reported in a wedding ceremony held in Sarjani Town area of Karachi. Rescue team rushed to the site and shifted the dead and injured to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital. Police have also reached the spot and started investigation.

Source: The Nation