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Four of a family killed in SWA firing

By our correspondents
January 22, 2017

WANA: Four persons, including a boy child of a family, were killed and three others sustained injuries when rivals forced their entry into their house in Barmal tehsil of South Waziristan Agency and opened indiscriminate fire, tribal sources said.

They said that there had been an enmity between the families of Noorul Amin and Momin Khan since long.

They said that Noorul Amin and his accomplices broke into the house of Momin Khan and opened indiscriminate fire. As a result, Momin Khan, Raza Khan, Qalat Khan and a boy child were killed on the spot while three others sustained bullet injuries.

The injured were shifted to the Agency Headquarters Hospital where their condition was stated to be out of danger.

15 injured in Dera Ismail Khan road accident: At least 15 persons sustained injuries when two vehicles collided on Chashma road on Saturday.

Police said that a passenger vehicle (DIK-6575) was on its way when it collided with a truck (8834) coming from the opposite direction. As a result, 15 persons sustained injuries.

The injured including Tariq, Rabnawaz, Fazal Rehman, Sher Zaman and others were shifted to hospitals in Dera Ismail Khan and Mianwali where their condition was stated to be stable.