HARIPUR: A total of 19 people lost life in separate incidents in Haripur, Karak and Swabi areas during Eid holidays.

Eight deaths were reported in Haripur, police said on Tuesday.

According to SHO of the Makhniyal police station, two groups traded fire over a property dispute in Hariyala village leaving two women dead.

Also, three picnickers drowned in the Khanpur dam.

The deceased, who bathed in the reservoir despite ban, included Mohammad Talha, a 16-year-old resident of Rahbar Colony, Taxila, and Abdul Mohiz, a 17-year-old resident of Adiala area, Rawalpindi, and an unidentified man in his 30s.

The Serae Saleh police said Mehrban of Bagra No 2 village was stabbed to death by Abid Riaz.

Also, a 15-month-old boy was killed and his grandmother suffered injuries after the roof of their room collapsed in Kupri village of Nara Amazai union council on Monday.

Lives claimed by firing, accidents, roof collapse, drowning incidents

The Khanpur police said Syed Sibtain Shah of Tofkiyan village was killed when he was struck by gunfire between two rival groups on GT Road on Tuesday morning.

Police quoted witnesses as saying that Sibtain Shah was caught in crossfire as he requested both groups not to fight.

They said the deceased went to the Khanpur bazaar for shopping.

Meanwhile, eight people, including two women, were killed in parts of Karak district.

The police said Farmanullah and Mohammad Nasir of Darshakhel area died of critical injuries as the two motorcycles they rode collided head-on in Shahinullah Chowk of Takht-i-Nusrati tehsil on Saturday night.

Two people suffered critical injuries in the incident.

In another incident in the area the same night, two motorcyclists were killed and two were critically injured.

On Sunday, a woman died of burns after a main high tension power line fell on her house in Mohallah Ashrafkhel Takht-i-Nusrati bazaar.

Another woman, who was injured in the incident, was admitted to the Takht-i-Nusrati tehsil headquarters hospital.

Also, a stray bullet killed a woman, Arooj, in Zarki Nusrati area of Karak district on Saturday night.

In another incident, a student of the Khushal Khan Khattak University, Karak, drowned in Sharqi dam Tuesday morning while bathing.

The body of Amjad Islam was fished out by local divers. It was handed over to the family after burial after postmortem. Also, three deaths were reported in Swabi district in different incidents on Tuesday.

Zubair Ahmad, a 23-year-old resident of a village of Razaar tehsil, died of critical wounds after a van and a motorcycle collided head-on near Baghicha Dher Bus Stop on the Swabi-Mardan Road.

Waqas Khan, who suffered injuries in the incident, was admitted to the Kalu Khan Civil Hospital.

Meanwhile, an Afghan refugee was killed and four suffered injuries when a car bound for Peshawar overturned on Swabi-Jehangira Road near Manki area.

The accident occurred as the driver tried to overtake another vehicle.

A two-year-old girl, Sahil Bibi, was killed as her dilapidated house collapsed in Kheree village of Gadoon Amazai area. The girl’s mother was seriously injured in the incident.

In another incident, two motorcycles collided head-on in the main Topi bazaar injuring Mohammad Ishfaq and Asad Zaman.

Also, three people suffered injuries after a collision between a rickshaw and a car on the Swabi-Mardan Road.

The injured were shifted to the district headquarters hospital.

Meanwhile, five picnickers were seriously injured when the car they travelled in hit a roadside rock in Kandoo region.

The accident occurred as the driver lost the car’s control.

The injured, who were bound for Gadoon Amazai Mehan mountain, were shifted to a hospital in Topi tehsil.

Published in Dawn, May 27th, 2020