Dawn
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16:49 Aug 14, 2025
The Karachi police arrested a 37-year-old woman on Thursday who allegedly slaughtered her two young children in Defence Housing Authority (DHA). “A lady killed her two children, who were eight and four years old, with a sharp knife due to a marital issue with her husband,” South Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Syed Asad Raza told Dawn.com, adding that police arrested the suspect and seized the murder weapon. He added that the children’s bodies were recovered from a house on 10th Street off Khayaban-i-Mujahid with their throats slit. “The suspect sent pictures to her ex-husband after killing the children,” he said, adding that the father then called the police. However, both children were found murdered when Darakhshan police arrived at the residence. “The bodies were taken to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for legal formalities,” DIG Raza said. Police surgeon Dr Summaiya Syed told Dawn.com that the children’s throats were slit, which damaged vital structures and vessels in the neck, leading to their death....