Hangu ambush: Four dead as gunmen open fire on pickup

Two others, including a woman, were injured as well.

HANGU:

Four people were killed and two others, including a woman, were injured when unknown assailants opened fire on a pickup in the Zhera area of Orakzai Agency on Sunday. According to the local political administration, Afridi tribesmen were en-route to lower Orakzai from Kohat in a pickup when unknown attackers started firing near the Zhera area, killing four people on the spot. They were identified as Hameed Khan, Hassan Khel, Bilal and Shehzad. Two persons, including a woman, were also injured. Authorities have started investigation.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 30^th, 2014.