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Dec 5, 2008, 6:57 GMT

Wife takes bullet for husband in Pakistan

Islamabad - A woman died of a bullet wound she received while shielding her husband during a gun attack by his brother in Pakistan's eastern Raiwind district, a media report said on Friday. Forty-year-old Sakeena jumped in front of her spouse, Shaukat, as his brother drew a rifle on him in a fit of rage over an inheritance dispute on Thursday, the English-language Dawn newspaper reported. Both victims were only identified by their first names. The woman was hit by a single bullet and taken to a hospital, where she died. Dawn said Shaukat and six of his brothers had shared their inheritance, but the brother who fired the gun was angered because he had been left out. The family did not press criminal charges against the killer, saying the rifle went off accidentally. The murderer was on the run, Dawn reported.

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