KOHAT: Two councillors and another man were killed and two others injured in a bomb explosion in Hangu and firing in Kohat district on Saturday.

According to police, Hangu district councillor Malik Mumtaz, belonging to the Awami National Party, and his cousin Javed were killed when an improvised explosive device blew up his vehicle in Doaba town.

Terrorists had placed the IED on the road between Tora Warai and Doaba and detonated it by remote control, officials said. A guard and another man were severely injured.

Nasrullah, a tehsil councillor of Kohat from Shiekhan area, was shot dead by opponents. According to Jungle Khel police, Mr Nasrullah was affiliated with PML-N and his family had an enmity.

Relatives of the victim nominated his suspected killers in the first information report.

Published in Dawn, September 6th, 2015

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