Locals have moved the bodies to Parachinar.— AP/File photo

PESHAWAR: Four people were killed and several others injured in an ambush in a restive area of central Kurram tribal region on Friday morning, DawnNews reported.

Official sources said that a vehicle carrying passengers was on its way to Satta from Baggan when unknown armed men sprayed it with bullets in the area of Kakrai.

Four passengers died on the spot while several others suffered bullet wounds.

Locals rushed the injured to the agency headquarter hospital and shifted the bodies to Parachinar.

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