TAXILA: Four people were killed while five others injured in separate incidents in Attock district, according to Rescue 1122 and police sources.
In the first incident, a couple was gunned down in their house in the Khor Road area in the limits of Fatehjang Police station. The deceased were identified as 42-year-old Naeem and his 35-year-old wife who belonged to Diamer district of Gilgit-Baltistan.
A 16-year-old man identified as Ikram Khan was gunned down over old enmity in the Jaffar village in the same police station limits.
In a separate incident, a 60-year-old man was found dead inside his house in Dhoke Miskeen, within the jurisdiction of Hassanabdal police station.
Further details about the circumstances surrounding his death were not immediately available.
Meanwhile, a 50-year-old cyclist, Naeem, sustained serious head injuries when a truck hit him near Gate No. 2 in the Kamra area of Hazro town. The truck driver managed to flee.
In Pindigheb, two men were injured in an incident involving an oil tanker in the Gharibwal area.
According to Rescue 1122, one of them accidentally fell into the tanker through an open hatch, while the other managed to pull him out but was exposed to gases and fell unconscious.
Published in Dawn, October 27th, 2026
