LAKKI MARWAT: A teenager was found beheaded in a remote area of Lakki Marwat, police said on Wednesday.

They said that beheaded body of a teenager was found in Bargai village. The victim was identified as Raheedullah, 19. He was killed by unidentified armed men believed to be militants on charges of spying.

Murad Khan, an uncle of the slain boy, told police that his nephew had gone to the fields on January 15 but did not return home.

He said that they came to know that armed men took him away along with his motorcycle.

An official said that the militant group ‘Ittehadul Mujahideen-i-Khurasan’ had left a dagger and a hand written chit in Pashto language along the body, carrying a message that Raheedullah was found guilty of spying for army and counter-terrorism department.

Published in Dawn, January 19th, 2023

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