A mother of five children was killed, allegedly by her husband, in Orangi Town on Thursday, police said.

They said that Milkiyat, 45, was murdered by her husband, Shoaib, in their home situated in Frontier Colony.

Pirabad SHO Anees Rehman Shaikh said the suspect first hit his wife with a concrete block on her head. He then stabbed her and fled the home.

The officer said the incident took place in the presence of their children.

The injured woman was taken to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, where doctors pronounced her dead.

The officer attributed the murder to the couple’s domestic issues.

Police surgeon Dr Summaiya Syed said that a post-mortem examination of the victim was conducted at the ASH. She said the body was almost completely decapitated.

Source: Dawn