A Pakistani teen girl was allegedly gunned down by her uncle in an episode of 'honour killing' in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Battagram district on Monday.

Battagram police Public Relations Officer Ghulam Nabi told Dawn News: “The uncle of the victim allegedly gunned down his niece in the name of honour.”

A first information report (FIR) dated Aug 4, seen by Dawn.com, said that the incident occurred during the early hours of Monday.

The FIR mentioned that the suspect had said he was a guest in the house of his brother for two days.

“My brother went outside at night and told me to take care of the house,” the FIR quoted him as saying.

He said he woke up after hearing the sound of the gate's house opening at 2 am.

“Using a flashlight, I saw that my niece was at the gate and going out with three people," he was quoted as saying.

Upon seeing his niece leaving the house, he fired at the victim and the cartridge ran out, the FIR read.

The suspect said that the victim’s mother gave him a pistol, adding, “After chasing them, I deliberately fired at Zahida Bibi out of honour.”

Police have arrested the suspect and recovered the weapon used in the crime.

The case was registered at the Battagram city police station under Sections 302 (murder), 324 (attempt to murder) and 311 (Ta’zir after waiver or compounding of right of qisas in qatl-i-amd) of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC), reported Dawn News.