E-Paper
Two kids shot dead in puppy rescue bid
A Pakistani woman opened fire with a shotgun to save her puppy from being attacked by a bigger dog but accidentally killed two children and wounded two others.
A Pakistani woman opened fire with a shotgun to save her puppy from being attacked by a bigger dog but accidentally killed two children and wounded two others, police said Wednesday.
The 19-year-old woman has been charged with the murders of a boy of 10 and a seven-year-old girl in the remote town of Kabirwala in central Punjab province, local police official Jameel Ahmed told AFP.
The woman was taking the puppy for a walk on Tuesday when a big dog pounced on it, Ahmed said. As she cried out, local people gathered to watch the scene but none offered to help.
"Instead, the spectators started enjoying the fight and laughed at the plight of the small puppy," the officer said.
The woman then rushed home, took her father's licensed shotgun and returned to the scene where she shot at the big dog.
"Stray pellets from the gun hit the attacking dog but also injured four children. Two of them, a boy aged 10 years and a seven-year-old girl, died in hospital later," Ahmed said.
Both dogs were injured but survived, he added.
