Four tribesmen gunned down in North Waziristan

Armed men in a car drove by and opened fire at them

MIRANSHAH: Four tribesmen were killed by unidentified assailants in Mirali tehsil of North Waziristan Agency on Wednesday evening.

An official of the political administration said the incident occurred around 6:30pm. The four tribesmen, whose identity could not be ascertained, were sitting at a roadside near their houses in Norak when armed men in a car drove by and opened fire, killing them on the spot.

Locals rushed to the site and shifted them to Mirali Civil Hospital where doctors pronounced them dead. A case was filed and an investigation has been opened.