PML-N leader shot dead in Peshawar

TTP claims responsibility for the killing of the PML-N leader


Tahir Khan/web Desk March 18, 2015
TTP claims responsibility for the killing of the PML-N leader. PHOTO: AFP

PESHAWAR: Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) leader Haji Sardar Mohmand was shot dead on Wednesday in Peshawar's Yakutat area, Express News reported.

The banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the killing of the PML-N leader.

"Our special unit STF successfully targeted the PML-N senior leader in Peshawar's Yakatut area,” said a TTP spokesperson Mohammad Khorasani.

Mohmand - who was critically injured - was immediately shifted to Lady Reading Hospital where he succumbed to the injuries.

Soon after the incident, police arrived at the site and carried out a search operation in the area.

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