{"id":2687,"date":"2026-10-14T18:04:48","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T13:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2687"},"modified":"2026-10-14T18:04:48","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T13:04:48","slug":"karachi-two-of-five-found-dead-at-home-died-of-gunshot-wounds-autopsies-reveal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2687","title":{"rendered":"Karachi: Two of five found dead at home died of gunshot wounds, autopsies reveal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Post-mortem examinations of five people found dead at a house in Karachi\u2019s Gulshan-e-Falak Naz Society have been completed, with preliminary findings confirming that two adults died from gunshot wounds to the head, while the cause of death of three children remains undetermined.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The bodies of Shahzaib, Saba and the children, Shamaila, Aizal and Arya, were found at a house in the Bin Qasim Town area along Link Road a few days ago.<\/p>\n

According to Police Surgeon Dr Samia Syed, gunshot residue, chemical and DNA samples were collected from Shahzaib and Saba. Samples from all five bodies were also obtained for laboratory testing.<\/p>\n

Dr Samia said the cause of death of the three children would be determined after the results of chemical, serology and DNA tests became available.<\/p>\n

Following the post-mortem examinations, the bodies were shifted to the Edhi morgue in Sohrab Goth for preservation.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Relatives receive bodies<\/h3>\n

Shahzaib\u2019s cousin Ali later reached the Edhi morgue and received the bodies of all five deceased, according to the information provided by the family.<\/p>\n

Speaking about Shahzaib, Ali said he had been estranged from his family for around five to six years. He added that Shahzaib had married approximately five to six years ago.<\/p>\n

Ali said Shahzaib had recently sold his house and was preparing to move into a new house, which he built recently, valued at around Rs25 million.<\/p>\n

He said the family did not know what had prompted Shahzaib to take such an extreme step. Ali added that the family would pursue any legal proceedings arising from the incident.<\/p>\n

The five deceased will be buried at a local graveyard in Bin Qasim Town, near Gulshan-e-Falak Naz Society. The final arrangements for the funeral were to be made by the family.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Post-mortem examinations of five people found dead at a house in Karachi\u2019s Gulshan-e-Falak Naz Society have been completed, with preliminary findings confirming that two adults died from gunshot wounds to the head, while the cause of death of three children remains undetermined. The bodies of Shahzaib, Saba and the children, Shamaila, Aizal and Arya, were found at a house in the Bin Qasim Town area along Link Road a few days ago. According to Police Surgeon Dr Samia Syed, gunshot residue, chemical and DNA samples were collected from Shahzaib and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2687\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}