KOHAT: Four cousins were gunned down as a result of old enmity in Ittehad Colony at Naway Kalay area on Hangu Road here on Thursday.

The police said that the rivals came face to face and four accused opened indiscriminate firing at the other party. Those killed were identified as Mohammad Bilal, Mohammad Rauf, Mohammad Shafique and Ehsanullah. Their bodies were taken to the KDA teaching hospital where after post-mortem they were handed over to the relatives.

District police officer Abbas Majeed Marwat ordered immediate arrest of the culprits after which operation was launched in the area under the supervision of DSP Raza Khan and SHO cantonment police station Mohammad Ali.

According to a police handout, the accused had been traced with the help of sniffer dogs and arrested. Two Kalashnikovs and two pistols were also recovered. It said that the police had collected important evidence from the site. Abid Gul, brother of deceased Mohammad Rauf, has nominated Mohammad Qasim, Israr, Farooq and Afghan refugee Jan Mohammad in the FIR for the killings.

Published in Dawn, March 2nd, 2018