SWABI: Two killed in Swabi

Published December 14, 2006

SWABI, Dec 13: A man was shot dead and a boy was killed under the wheels of a pick-up here on Wednesday. Sardar Hussain was on his way home in village Manki when Shahid Khan of the same village allegedly shot him dead.

Police have registered an FIR against Khan and started investigating.

A 14-year-old boy, belonging to Chota Lahor, fell off the pick-up he was travelling by, and came under the wheels of a pick-up trailing it. The boy died instantly.

The Chota Lahor police registered an FIR against the drivers of the two pick-ups, who fled after the accident along with their cleaners.—Correspondent

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