Stage performer Sumbul killed while resisting abduction bid in Mardan

Police confirms up to three attackers entered performers' residence in Maltoon Town and shot her to death


NNI/Hidayat Hoti February 03, 2018
PHOTO: HIDAYATHOTI

MARDAN: A local stage and drama artiste, Sumbal, was shot dead by three men in her house after she refused to come with them for a performance on Saturday.

The incident took place in the upscale Sheikh Maltoon Town of Mardan. According to the murder report registered with the police, three men, identified as Naeem Khattak, Jehangir Khan and Naseeb Khan, broke into her house and asked her to come with them somewhere for a performance.

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Sumbal refused to go with the men. Infuriated, the men and opened fire on Sumbal who was injured in the shooting and taken to a hospital, but she succumbed to her wounds before she would reach there.



The attackers, who included a former police official, escaped after the shooting. The body was handed over to heirs after post-mortem.

COMMENTS (3)

Saad | 6 years ago | Reply Lol@ Ali Great job? Dude a person got killed. Don’t you think it’s security lapse ?
Omar Mirza | 6 years ago | Reply May Allah grant her the rank of the martyr! Ameen! Everyone should do this when people try to abduct them; that way, abducting people will not be such an appealing crime any more.
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