Militants kill two in Kohat

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A local militant and his accomplices shot dead two persons over a minor dispute in Ghurzandi area on Sunday, sources said.


The sources said local militant, Taj Min Jalal, and his accomplices Wahid Jalal, Karmal, Sufiyan and Ziyan opened fire on Malik Afzal Khan and Lal Shaheen in Ghurzandi area of Lachi tehsil over ownership of car, leaving both of them dead.

In another incident, Shahid, Hamid and Gulai shot dead Muhammad Zaman in SP Sikandar Khan Shaheed village. A six-year-old Afghan passer-by identified as Rafiullah was also killed in the crossfire.

Meanwhile, a Peshawar-bound car collided with a truck near Gharay area on Indus Highway in which Prof Faizullah Jan of Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan, was killed while the truck driver Niaz Muhammad and cleaner Haji Badshah Khan sustained critical injuries. The injured were rushed to the District Headquarters Hospital in Kohat.