Two students kidnapped in Hangu

Published December 10, 2001

KOHAT, Dec 9: Two school students were kidnapped by unknown proclaimed offenders from a village near Hangu on Saturday, police said.

The two boys were cutting woods at a mountain near their home in Ibrahimzai when unidentified gunmen kidnapped them.

The victims were identified as Waseem Hassan son of Nauroze Ali and Zulfiqar Ali son of Israr Ali, both students of Ibrahimzai high school.

The Hangu police after registering an FIR against the kidnappers conducted raids in several areas for the recovery of the two students but remained clueless about their whereabouts till filing of this report on Saturday night.

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