Boy shoots cousin dead by accident

Published September 22, 2006

KOHAT, Sept 21: A boy shot and killed his cousin while playing in Gumbat village, police said on Thursday.

The grandfather of the 13-year-old deceased ‘Mudassir’ and the other boy, Ayaz, 12, told the police that both were climbing a tree when a loaded pistol fell from the latter on the ground and a shot was fired by accident. It hit Mudassir who died on the spot. The Gumbat police have registered the case and started investigation.

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