MIRAMSHAH: Two people were killed and two others injured in an attack in Lowara Mandi area in Dattakhel tehsil of North Waziristan tribal region on Saturday.

Sources said that four men were going from Dattakhel bazaar to Lowara Mandi near the Afghan border in a pick-up when some people attacked them with heavy and light weapons.

Two of the men died on the spot and two others suffered bullet wounds. Local tribesmen took the injured to a hospital. The sources said the deceased belonged to the Mehsud tribe and they worked for a militant group.

It seemed to be a targeted attack and that the incident might be the result of differences within militant groups.

They said identity of the victims could not be ascertained immediately, but a senior commander of a militant group could be among the dead.—Correspondent