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Four of a family, including a primary school teacher, his wife and their two children were shot dead by some unidentified assailants who barged into their house in a crowded residential locality of Amethi district late on Thursday evening, officials said.N)..
The shootout caused panic in the locality as senior police officials, including Lucknow zone ADG SB Shiradkar and Ayodhya range IG Praveen Kumar, rushed to Amethi given the gravity of the crime. ..
An Amethi police official said the crime was committed near the Bhawani Nagar intersection when a group of assailants barged into the house of teacher Sunil Kumar, who was posted at Panhona primary school of Singhpur block, and opened indiscriminate firing..
The cop said the bodies of the couple were found near a water tap and circumstances suggested the duo tried to run away and save themselves after spotting the assailants inside their house while the two childrens bullet-riddled body found inside a room..
