In the crosshairs: Three slain in separate attacks

Two men were killed after returning from offering condolence.

DI KHAN: Three people were killed in two separate shooting incidents on Sunday, said the police in DI Khan.

In the first incident, the victims were identified as Wasim Gandapur and Attaullah Shah Mehsud, said an officer of Gomel police station. Both men were on their way back after offering fateha at the house of a person who had passed away when they came under attack in Raghzai area. They died on the spot.

Gomel police station personnel reached the crime scene soon after to collect evidence and carried out a search operation. However, nobody has been arrested for the murder as yet. The bodies were shifted to Tank District Headquarters and Teaching Hospital and later handed over to relatives. An FIR was lodged against unidentified culprits, the policeman said.

In Kulachi tehsil of DI Khan, a man identified as Dilawar Khan was shot dead.

A police officer said the victim had gone to settle a family dispute but ended up losing his life in the process. The uncle of the deceased lodged an FIR at Kulachi police station in which he accused Naimatullah, Hamidullah, Zar Khan and Abdul Salam for the murder.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 13^th, 2015.