Five bodies found in Swat

Published January 4, 2009

MINGORA, Jan 3: Five bullet-riddled bodies were found in different parts of Mingora late on Friday.

According to sources, three bodies were found from the main Green chowk of Mingora. One of the deceased was identified as Rafiullah.

The bodies were still lying in the district headquarters hospital in Saidu Sharif.

Two bodies were found in the Odigram village, few kilometres from Mingora. The dead men were identified as Iqbal Zeb and Asmat Ali.—Correspondent

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