Three members of the same family had been killed over longstanding enmity in Taxila, the police said on Thursday.

WAH CANTT, Apr 16 (APP):Three members of the same family had been killed over longstanding enmity in Taxila, the police said on Thursday.

The incident took place in Mohalla Mashriq Abadi, where a man allegedly attacked his relatives with a sharp-edged weapon, killing three people, they added.

The police said that an investigation had been launched.

A complainant, identified as Azizullah, told officers that the suspect, named as Najeebullah, killed his wife, son and sister. The victims were reported to be a 40-year-old woman, a 26-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman.

They said said forensic teams collected evidence from the scene, while the bodies were moved to a nearby hospital for legal formalities