UK family shot dead in Pakistan

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Three Britons – all members of the same family – have been shot dead in Pakistan, according to local police.

The father, mother and 22-year-old daughter were killed while visiting a cemetery in the east of the country.

It is thought the family are from Nelson in Lancashire. They were shot by four gunmen, all understood to be related to them.

The Foreign Office says the British High Commission in Islamabad is urgently looking into the reports.

BBC Islamabad correspondent Aleem Maqbool says two of the gunmen have been arrested, but the other two are still at large.

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