Karachi shocked by horrific family tragedy
“My wife and children were sleeping and they
don’t even know [about my plan to murder
them]. I used a stolen pistol to shoot them.”
This was the note left by a man, Syed Ahsan Raza Rizvi, who took his own life after fatally killing his wife and three children while they were asleep in their apartment near Jinnah International Airport.
The police discovered the lifeless bodies of the family, and Ahsan, who had been unemployed for some time, hung himself with a rope. A note found at the scene revealed the distressing details, expressing his desperation and citing an unfortunate lack of alternatives. The note also mentioned a file on his laptop containing information about his loans, urging people to end his life if they found him alive.
Police said they also found a 30-bore pistol and rounds from the crime scene besides seizing a note from a living-room, asking to open a file saved in his laptop.
The file carries a tragic last message from Ahsan, in which he confessed to committing suicide and killing his family members as he was left with no choice but to choose “this easy option”.
The note stated that he saved another file on his laptop, carrying complete details of his loans, adding that people must kill him if they found him alive.
Police have launched a thorough probe to ascertain facts about the gruesome incident. Police surgeon Samia Saeed told media that the post-mortem of the five bodies was conducted at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre. The woman, Nida, was shot in the head, while six-year-old Jibrael and four-year-old Mikaeel were shot in the head and arm. Two-year-old Umme Hani was also shot in the head, the surgeon added.
“Ahsan died due to suffocation as a rope was tied around his neck,”
she said, adding that samples from all the bodies have been sent for chemical analysis.
The Karachaeits shocked by this horrific family tragedy .The news spread in the city like wildfire. A sense of sorrow engulfed everyone in the wake of the tragedy.