SWABI: A young footballer of Pakistan Air Force team, Islamabad, died in a Rawalpindi hospital on Saturday after being injured in a road accident on Friday.

Farhan Khan, belonging to Maneri Payan village here, was seriously injured in a road accident and was taken to Combined Military Hospital, Rawalpindi, where he succumbed to injuries, his family said.

Meanwhile, a man was killed over an old enmity in Kotha village, the police on Saturday.

Adnan Khan, registering an FIR with Topi city police station, said he was in his house in Panchpao area when he heard gunshots, and when he came out, his cousin, Rashid Khan, 41, was lying in a pool of blood near his house.

He alleged Fazal Mohammad and his son, Abbas, opened fire on him over an old enmity.

Also in the day, Salman Khan, 35, who got injured when unidentified motorcyclists opened fire on him, succumbed to his injuries in Bacha Khan Teaching Hospital, Shahmansoor, on Saturday.

Rescue 1122 officials said the man was seriously injured in the firing in Kalabat village, and was shifted to a hospital.

Officials at Topi city police station said both the cause of the incident and killers were not known.

Separately, a teenage boy opened fire at his father in Topi, leaving him seriously injured. The man was first taken to Tehsil Headquarters Hospital, wherefrom he was shifted to Bacha Khan Teaching Hospital, Shahmansoor, in critical condition. The injured was identified as Laiq Khan, 46.

Published in Dawn, March 3rd, 2024

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