TAXILA: Two persons were killed in separate incidents in Attock on Monday.

A man was shot dead over an old enmity near Cement Company Mor on G.T. Road in the limits of Hassanabdal police station.

Police and Rescue 1122 sources said 42-year-old Pehlwan Khan was going on his motorcycle when two masked men following him on a motorcycle intercepted him near Cement Company Morand showered him with bullets killing him on the spot.

Moreover, an 18-year-old man was electrocuted in Mohallah New Town in the limits of Attock police station.

Police and hospital sources said that Akram Safdar was working on the roof of his house when he came into contact with high tension wire and died on the spot.

Published in Dawn, April 5th, 2022

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