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Three brothers die within space of 30 minutes

Published February 18, 2018 Updated February 18, 2018 12:00am

A heart wrenching incident occurred in Ilyas Colony area of Gujranwala on Friday where three real brothers died in the space of 30 minutes. Zahid Ali, 35, committed suicide on Friday for unknown reasons by shooting himself, a statement from the Saddar police station said. He was a welder by profession and left behind a daughter.
His two brothers, one younger, the other older, passed away when they suffered heart attacks after hearing the news of Zahid's death. Abbas Ali, 40, became unwell following the news of his younger brother's suicide and was being moved to the hospital when he suffered a heart attack and passed away en route. As the two brothers' bodies were brought back to their residence, Saddam Ali, 28, the third and youngest brother, also suffered a stroke and died.