KOHAT, Nov 19: In what appears to be a revenge action for sectarian killings in Parachinar, the Taliban beheaded three truck drivers near Darra Adamkhel on Monday. The drivers belonging to Juzara and Marai area of the Kohat district had been kidnapped by the Taliban on Sunday evening when they were passing through the Darra Adamkhel bazaar on their way to the troubled Kurram Agency.

The authorities identified the beheaded drivers as Islam, Fateh Ali and Rafique.

The family members of the drivers blocked the Kohat-Parachinar road near the Hangu railway crossing for half an hour in protest against the brutal killings.

After the incident, a mosque in Darra Bazaar came under fire when Zuhr prayers were in progress. Six people were injured in the attack.

The injured–Rawaid, Alam Khan, Mohammad Amin, Farman, Rafique and Musharraf—were taken to Peshawar.

Tribesmen chased the culprits and killed one of them and arrested another.

Later, the Taliban took away the body from the Zarghunkhel hospital.

The tribal authorities arrested five elders of the Akhorwal tribe on whose land the bodies of the beheaded truck drivers were found.

According to unconfirmed reports, the Taliban had kidnapped another three people from Darra Adamkhel after checking their national identity cards.