Two killed in Attock

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TAXILA: Two persons including a woman were killed in two different incidents in Attock on Monday.

In the first incident, a woman was burnt to death due to gas leak fire in her house located on Bhandar Road in the Jand town of Attock.

Rescue 1122 and Police sources said the 70-year-old woman went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast but as soon as she put match to the stove, a fireball engulfed the house and she was burnt to death before the fire was extinguished by the rescue teams.

Later, her body was shifted to Jand Tehsil Headquarters Hospital.

In the second incident, a man was stabbed to death over a petty dispute in village Yaseen in the limits of Hazro police station.

Published in Dawn, December 6th, 2022

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