TAXILA: Three persons, including a minor, were killed while several others were injured in three different accidents in various parts of Attock, police and rescue sources said.

In the first accident, two people, including a three-year-old girl, were killed and five others were injured when a dumper truck collided with a rickshaw on Kohat Road near Dhok Mari in FatehJang Police Station.

According to eyewitnesses, a dumper, recklessly driven by an unknown driver while overtaking another vehicle, knocked the rickshaw, resulting in a three-year-old girl and a man being killed on the spot, while several others were injured.

Separately, a 22-year-old man was brutally murdered in the Sourg village in Pindigheb town of Attock.

The victim, identified as Mohammad Idrees, a resident of Sourg, was going to his house on a busy road when a masked man hiding there shot him in the head, killing him on the spot.

The victim was due to get married on Nov 15. Moreover, two people riding a motorcycle were critically injured when a pickup coming from the opposite direction knocked them near Seel bridge in the same police station limits. The victims were identified as 17-year-old Usman and 20-year-old Awais. Respective Police registered separate cases and launched further investigation.

Meanwhile, four suspects were netted by Attock Police who were involved in murder, while three were involved in sexual crimes during district-wise action against the criminals.

Police sources said that Fatehjang police resolved a murder case and arrested an alleged killer who gunned down a man over a monetary dispute in Jaffar village. Police sources said the body of Mohammad Ikram was found in the fields on Oct 25.

The police took into custody a suspect identified as Hanif who, during interrogation, confessed that he killed his friend over a monetary dispute and threw his body in the fields.

Separately, Jand Police arrested a nominated accused identified as Qaiser Mehmood for allegedly sexually assaulting a widow on the pretext of contracting marriage with her in Langar village.

Saddar Attock Police arrested a nominated accused identified as Uzair, who sexually assaulted a nine-year-old girl in Kamra village a few days ago.

Furthermore, Bhattar Police arrested a nominated accused for sexually assaulting a girl of 10th class. All the suspects were sent behind bars, and further investigation was launched accordingly.

Published in Dawn, November 15th, 2026