BAJAUR: Two people, including a social activist, were killed in separate attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bajaur district on Sunday, police and rescue officials told Dawn.

The first incident took place in the Kohi area of Salarzai tehsil, where unidentified armed assailants attacked social activist Malik Ziaur Rehman near his residence, Salarzai Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Jamal Shah said.

“Unidentified assailants opened fire on him near his house, leaving him critically injured,” he said.

According to Rescue 1122 Khar station spokesperson Riaz Ahmad Khan, the 37-year-old succumbed to his injuries at the district headquarters hospital Khar, where he was taken in a critical condition after the attack.

An official at the Salarzai police station told Dawn that a team of law enforcers was immediately sent to the site of the incident, and a search had been launched to locate the attackers, who had fled after firing at Rehman.

Police are also further investigating the incident.

Area residents told Dawn that Rehman’s father, Malik Fatchi Khan, was also killed by unidentified attackers a few years ago.

Separately, a man identified as Sayed Door Khan was killed in a blast caused by an improvised explosive device in Bajaur’s Asil Targaoo area, Khar DSP Saidur Rehman said.

He said Sayed was critically injured in the blast and succumbed to his injuries at the hospital.

The DSP said an investigation of the incident was under way to trace those responsible for the blast and ascertain the motive of the attack.