TAXILA: Two persons were killed and four others injured in three incidents in Attock on Sunday, police said.

In the first incident, a 15-year-old boy, walking on a railway track wearing headphones, was hit and killed by a train in the precincts of Jand police. Police and Rescue officials identified the deceased as Kashif Aziz. The body was shifted to Tehsil Headquarters Hospital Jand.

Moreover, a man was stabbed to death in village Haji Shah in the limits of Attock Khurd police.

The police said Arshad Hussain, 46, was returning home after work when a masked man attacked him with a dagger. The injured was taken to the District Headquarters Hospital where he died.

Four persons, including two women, were injured when a rickshaw overturned after hitting a motorcycle near Ghora Chowk in Pindigheb. The injured were taken to Tehsil Headquarters Hospital Pindigheb.

Published in Dawn, November 28th, 2022

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