LAKKI MARWAT: Janikhel tribesmen held a demonstration in Bannu city on Wednesday night to record their protest against the killing of a youth by unidentified gunmen.

The relatives of the deceased Sherza Ali received the body from the DHQ hospital, reached Allah Chowk near Saddar police station and staged a sit-in there. The protesters placed the body on the road and demanded arrest of the killers.

Police said that unknown armed assailants killed Sherza Ali near his house in Noor Janikhel area of Bannu. They said the body was taken to the DHQ hospital for post-mortem.

The tribesmen asked the government to arrest the killers and initiate practical measures to stop targeted killings of the tribesmen.

Meanwhile, a narcotics eradication team assisted by local police raided a suspected place in Basyakhel area of Bannu on Thursday and seized 150 bottles of wine from there. An official said the cops arrested a suspected smuggler identified as Gul Azad.

Published in Dawn, April 29th, 2022