LAKKI MARWAT, Oct 24: Two bullet-riddled bodies of schoolboys were found in a rainy water course near Darra Pezu Town here on Thursday.

An official said that local people spotted the bodies and informed police about the same. He said that officials of Shaheed Haibat Ali Khan police station reached the place and found the bodies lying there.

“The law enforcers took the bodies into custody and shifted them to a local hospital,” the official said. He added that each of the deceased boys was about 15-years-old. “They were identified as Saleem and Minhas, residents of Darra Pezu,” he said.

The official said that the bodies were later handed over to the relatives and police registered a case and started investigation. —Correspondent

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