SWABI: Man, teenage girl killed

Published January 5, 2007

SWABI, Jan 4: A man and a teenage girl were killed in separate incidents here on Thursday. According to the police, Mohammad Sabir had quarrelled with Ayub Shah over a minor issue. The police said Sabir was sitting with Diyar Khan in the Bazaar area when Akhtar Shah and Ayub Shah attacked them, killing Diyar Khan and injuring him. In the second incident, a 13-year-old girl was killed when her father’s pistol accidentally went off while he was loading it at his home.

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