Police suspect homicide as bodies of nurse, young man found in Faisalabad hospital

FAISALABAD: Police in the city said they suspect homicide after the bodies of a staff nurse and a young man were recovered Wednesday from the room of a local hospital.

According to the initial investigation, police said, the young man shot dead Saima, a staff nurse at Faisalabad's Punjab Social Security Hospital before turning the trigger on himself and committing suicide.

Police further said the bodies have been sent to Civil Hospital for a post-mortem. However, they added that while further investigation was ongoing, other angles to the case were being taken into consideration as well.