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The dead included Nahid Mubarak, 45, a health worker, his son Timur, 22, and his daughters Mahnoor, 17, and Jannat Fatima, 8. Police say the influence of the online game Pubji was behind the shooting death of a 14-year-old family.
They were found murdered inside the house last week. The 14 – year – old son was found alive. During interrogation by the police, the boy confessed that he had killed his mother and siblings under the influence of the Pabji game.
Police said the child had other mental problems and was in the habit of playing games for hours. The boy had a quarrel with his mother over playing the game. He then turned his shotgun on himself when apprehended by a police officer on the porch of the house where the shootings took place.
The next morning, neighbors were informed that their mother and siblings had been killed. The boy told police he was upstairs and did not know anything. Nahid took the gun license for the safety of the family.
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