Woman ‘suffering from psychological disorder’ slaughters her two children in DHA

KARACHI: In a tragic incident on Thursday morning, a woman slaughtered her two minor children in DHA.

The deceased children were identified as eight-year-old Zarrar and four-year-old Samiha. Police said the mother, Adeeba, suffered from a psychological disorder.

The children’s parents had earlier divorced and a court had given the custody of the children to their father Ghufran Khalid.

The incident took place on Thursday morning in a house situated on Khayaban-e-Mujahid within the limits of the Darakhshan police station. Police said they received the information from locals of the area, upon which they rushed to the house where they found the two children lying on the floor.

Police took the woman into custody and shifted the slain children to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for medico-legal formalities. Police also claimed to have seized the knife used in the incident.

District South SSP Mahzoor Ali said Adeeba and Khalid divorced through a court in 2024 and the court handed over the custody of the children to the father. He added that the children used to come to meet their mother after different intervals.

The children’s father was an employee at a private company and the mother lived alone at her house, SSP Ali said, adding that the children went to their mother’s house on Wednesday afternoon.

Two killed

A man and his son were killed and four others injured in a dispute in the Mehmoodabad area. Police said the deceased men were identified as Ghulam Rabbani, who was around 55 to 60 years old, and his son Jalal Rabbani, 37.

The injured were identified as Aaliya, wife of Muhammad Javed, 14-year-old Maham, daughter of Faisal Umer, 12-year-old Abu Bakr, son of Faisal Umer, and 45-year-old Faisal.

The incident took place on Thursday evening within a house situated in Azam Basti Street No 10 near the Punjab Bakery.

Responding to the information about a firing incident in Azam Basti, police mobiles rushed to the spot and shifted the injured to Jinnah Hospital where Rabbani and his son Jalal succumbed to their injuries. The deceased had suffered multiple bullet wounds in their upper torso.

Police also seized spent bullet shells from the crime scene, which were sent to the forensic division of the Sindh police.

District East SSP Dr Farrukh Raza said the firing incident took place at around 6pm. During the initial operation, police arrested the main suspect who allegedly opened fire along with his accomplices and seized weapons from his possession, he added.