JUI-F FATA leader gunned down in Peshawar

In the second attack on a JUI-F leader this month, the party’s Landi Kotal head was killed.

PESHAWAR: Unidentified gunmen shot dead the head of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam Fazl’s Landi Kotal chapter in Peshawar’s Shahi Bagh area, police said on Wednesday.

Gul Rehman Afridi was returning home from an evening walk as per his routine, when motorcyclists intercepted him and opened indiscriminate fire, DSP Tariq Habib told The Express Tribune.

Some children who were playing in a nearby park noted down the motorcycle’s registration number, the DSP said.

He said that Afridi received three bullets, two in his chest and one in his head. An FIR has been registered against unidentified men and investigations had begun, he said.

This is the second attack on a JUI-F leader this month. On January 2, a local leader was killed and his driver was seriously injured when attackers opened fire at their vehicle in Lakki Marwat.