At least five people including a woman and three children of the same family were gunned down inside their house in Mardan’s Bakhshali Gujrat area on Tuesday.

Their bodies have been shifted to the district headquarters hospital.

Police have cordoned off the area and further investigation into the incident was under way.

The deceased were identified as 12-year-old Afzal, Farhan, 29, two minors, and a 25-year-old woman.

The reason behind the firing incident was yet to be ascertained.