HANGU: Four persons were killed and five others were injured as a result of firing at a funeral in Astori Khel area of Lower Orakzai Agency on Friday evening.

The political authorities said that Asif Ali opened indiscriminate fire upon seeing his rivals at a funeral of a local person in Astori Khel area.

Those killed were identified as Kamal Hassan, Nasim Ali, Amin Qasim and Mansoor Ali. The dead also included two passers-by.

The injured were shifted to Kalaya hospital. The political authorities started making efforts to arrest of the suspected killer. The local administration also arrested five relatives of the accused.

Published in Dawn, July 11th, 2015

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