TIMERGARA: Two killed near Timergara

Published February 16, 2008

TIMERGARA, Feb 15: Two youths were killed and one was injured when some people opened indiscriminate fire on a non-customs paid jeep near Katkala Talash on the Timergara-Chakdara road on Friday morning.

The Ouch police said three friends belonging to the Gul Dherai area in Matta, identified as Shah Khaisro, 21, Muhabat Khan, 19, and Gouhar Ali, 18, were going back to Swat after staying for a night at a hotel in Timergara when their jeep came under fire near Katkala Talash, 27km east of Timergara.

Shah Khaisro and Muhabat Khan were killed on the spot and Gouhar Ali was injured.

The injured was taken to the District Headquarters Hospital in Batkhela from where he was referred to Peshawar.

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