MIRAMSHAH: Masked men shot dead two young tribesmen in Degan area of Dattakhel tehsil of North Waziristan district on Saturday.

Locals said on hearing gunshots they went to the spot and found the bodies of two young men lying there. The gunmen escaped the area after the killing.

The locals shifted the bodies to the Miramshah District Headquarters Hospital where the victims were identified as Mohammad Sharif of Ghazlamai village of Dattakhel and Siddiqullah Janjikhel Wazir.

The police registered the case against unidentified accused.

Published in Dawn, August 9th, 2020

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