Police officer commits suicide after killing four in-laws

A Kosovo female police officer on Tuesday committed suicide after she shot and killed four in-laws, in Gnjilan town 50 kilometers south-east of the capital Pristina.

According to prosecutors, the killer, an officer with the local police precinct, shot her husband’s parents and two brothers.

A spokesman for the prosecutors was quoted as saying all the five people died at the scene, adding that an investigation was still underway, and the motive for the murders was not immediately clear.

Kosovo, officially the Republic of Kosovo, is a partially-recognized state in Southeast Europe.