Two bullet-riddled bodies found in Peshawar

Police official says they have reasons to believe women were killed elsewhere their bodies were dumped in graveyard

PESHAWAR: The bullet-riddled bodies of two women were found at a graveyard in Palosai area of Peshawar on Friday morning.

“The remains belong to women who look above the age of 40,” said an official of the Tehkal Police station. “We have reason to believe they were killed elsewhere and their bodies were dumped in the graveyard,” he added.

The bodies were shifted to Khyber Medical College for an autopsy. The identities of the deceased could not be ascertained till the filing of this report.

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Earlier on January 6, three bullet-ridden bodies were found in Masho Khel  village near Peshawar.

According to police, the bodies were of two men, Faheem and Ahmed Shah, and a woman who were shot dead.

The reason for their murder could not be ascertained.