SHIKARPUR: Two women were gunned down by their close relatives on the pretext of karo kari (liable to be killed for having extramarital relations) in Jan Mohammad Lashari village in the early hours of Friday, officials at the Bado police station of Shikarpur said.

They said the victims and suspected killers were cousins.

They said Nisar Lashari and Aamir Lashari shot dead their cousins, Zamiran Lashari, 16, and Halima Lashari, 17, accusing them of having extramarital affair with certain persons.

An FIR against the suspects was registered on behalf of the state on the complaint of ASI Meer Hassan Chandio. Both suspects were arrested while the crime weapon was seized.—Correspondent