A mentally-challenged man axed to death his wife and two children in Malakand Payeen village of Balambat here on Wednesday, residents and police said.
They said Zahid Khan killed his 35-year-old wife and two children -- three-year old Haseeba and 18-month-old Huzaifa. The bodies were shifted to the district headquarters hospital and later handed over to the heirs.
The motive behind the brutal act could not be ascertained. However, the accused, who is stated to be mentally-retarded, shut himself up in a room after the crime.
The Balambat police fired tear gas shells near his room and arrested him on the spot. Moving scenes were witnessed during the funeral prayers of the deceased.
