Schoolteacher shot dead in Batkhela

BATKHELA: A schoolteacher was killed and another person sustained injuries when armed men opened fire on them in Piran area near here, official sources said on Tuesday. Schoolteachers Muhammad Salim and Aziz Muhammad were going home from school when one Bakht Bahadur allegedly opened fire on them in Piran area. As a result, Muhammad Salim was killed while Aziz Muhammad and another passer-by sustained injuries. The injured were taken to a hospital in Batkhela. The injured teacher named Bakht Bahadur for the attack in the report registered by the Malakand Levies.