One killed in Peshawar trade centre firing

PESHAWAR: A firing incident left one person dead and another wounded at a shopping centre in Saddar on Saturday.

An official said the management of the Dean Trade Centre and the shopkeepers reportedly clashed over the payment of electricity bills.

The gunmen at the trade centre allegedly opened fire in which two people sustained injuries.

They were taken to a hospital, where one of the injured succumbed to his injuries. The police are struggling to check the gun culture as many people could be seen carrying automatic weapons for show-off. Also, CCTV footage showed that armed men opened fire and killed one person and injured another at a filling station a day earlier.

Groups of armed men travelling in pick-up vehicles are reportedly roaming in various urban and rural areas, creating law and order and harassing the people.

Instead of going after the armed groups, the police often arrest people having licensed pistols.