CHARSADDA: Rivals killed two persons over an old enmity in the Charsadda city here on Tuesday.

The deceased were on way to local courts to get bail-before-arrest in a case when their rivals opened fire on them in Utmanzai area.

Haji Akbar, a brother of the deceased, Shamsul Qamar, reported to the Charsadda city police that he and his another brother, Pervez, were going to local courts for getting BBA on a motorcycle, while his other brother, Qamar, was riding another bike when Latif, Fawad and Jehangir, sons of Amanullah, opened indiscriminate fire on them. As a result of the firing, he said Qamar and his friend, Ijaz, died on the spot.

He said the accused managed to escape after the attack.

Published in Dawn, August 7th, 2024

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