Two killed in Swabi clash

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SWABI: Two people were killed and a woman and her teenage son were injured when a clash broke out between two groups in Topi tehsil city over an ice-drug deal on Thursday, said police.

The incident took place in the Musakhel area of the city. It said that there was an ice-drug transaction between the two groups and they got into an argument over the money for the drug transaction, which resulted in a fight.

“Soon firing broke out and they started targeting each other, resulting in killing one each from both groups and injuring of a woman and her young son,”said a police official who visited the crime scene.

The deceased were identified as Waqas Ahmad and Haroon Khan while Raheela Begum and her son were injured.

Published in Dawn, September 11th, 2026

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