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Lahore Teen Given 100-Year Sentence for Killing Family Linked to PUBG

The judge cited the defendant’s age in opting for life terms over capital punishment.

Overview

  • Additional Sessions Judge Riaz Ahmed imposed four life terms of 25 years each and a PKR 4 million fine.
  • Reports differ on whether the four life sentences will run concurrently or consecutively.
  • Police said the 2022 shootings in Lahore’s Kahna area killed his mother Nahid Mubarak, brother Taimur, and sisters Mahnoor and Jannat.
  • Investigators told the court the boy, then 14, was obsessed with PUBG, later confessed, and threw the pistol into a drain.
  • The convict has been handed over to Kot Lakhpat jail as the case renews concerns about extreme gaming addiction among minors.