Couple and two young children murdered at home in Skardu

SKARDU: Four members of one family, a husband and wife and their two young children, were murdered inside a house in the city on Friday.

According to a private television channel, citing police sources, initial reports said the murdered children were between one and five years old.

According to initial reports, all four were killed with sharp-edged weapons, including a knife and an axe.

Clear information about the motive and the circumstances of the incident has not yet emerged. It is also not known who committed the murders.

Police have registered a case (FIR) over the incident and begun an investigation to establish the facts.