Islamabad - A woman died of a bullet wound she received while shielding her husband during a gun attack by his brother in Pakistan's eastern Raiwind district, a media report said on Friday.
Forty-year-old Sakeena jumped in front of her spouse, Shaukat, as his brother drew a rifle on him in a fit of rage over an inheritance dispute on Thursday, the English-language Dawn newspaper reported.
Both victims were only identified by their first names.
The woman was hit by a single bullet and taken to a hospital, where she died.
Dawn said Shaukat and six of his brothers had shared their inheritance, but the brother who fired the gun was angered because he had been left out.