TAXILA: Three persons were killed in separate incidents within the limits of Attock Saddar police station on Sunday.

In the first incident, a man and his relative were killed after being hit by a speeding passenger wagon near Baryar village.

In the second incident, unknown assailants stabbed to death a man identified as Azeem Khan and later threw his body in the fields near Dhoke Chohan.

Police believe the murder was a result of old enmity. Attock Saddar police have registered separate cases and started further investigation..

Published in Dawn, August 16th, 2021

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