Shootout In Lower Orakzai: Levies man among four slain in ambush

Assailants opened fire at the tribesmen from mountains.


Our Correspondent June 04, 2014

HANGU: Four persons, including an official of the Levies, were killed and another injured in firing by unidentified militants in Lower Orakzai on Thursday. An official of the political administration said the incident occurred when mourners were returning from a funeral of a woman in Kharkhosha area of the agency. The official said that assailants opened fire at the tribesmen from mountains killing three persons including the Levies official who was on leave and had come to visit his village. The tribesmen returned fire killing an attacker, who is yet to be identified. The dead and injured were shifted to Kohat and Kalaya hospitals the official of the political administration said.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 30th, 2014.

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