LAKKI MARWAT, Aug 26: A man and his three sons were killed over a domestic dispute in Tarrikhel village in Tajori police station jurisdiction on Thursday evening.

Police said the accused Javed along with other accomplices forcibly entered the house of Ayyub Khan at the time of breaking of the fast. The accused opened fire on the family members, killing Ayyub Khan and his three sons, Inamullah, Jan Badshah and Nek Nawaz on the spot. The attackers escaped the area after the incident.

The Tajori police station registered a case and started investigation.

Meanwhile, police recovered the body of a kidnapped man near Paharkhel Thall village the other day.

The victim, Hafiz Suleman, a property dealer, was allegedly kidnapped from the village last week when he was returning home after Taraweeh prayer.

Sources said that the kidnappers had demanded ransom from the family for the release of Suleman. But he was killed when the family refused to pay the amount. The police recovered the body near the bank of a canal in the Paharkhel Thall village and shifted it to the city hospital.

Meanwhile, Naurang police claimed to have arrested two persons and recovered a huge quantity of firecrackers and toy bombs from their possession.

Acting on a tip-off, a police party led by SHO Asad Ali Shah of Shaheed Asmatullah Khan Khattak police station raided two shops in Naurang town and recovered 1,300 packets of firecrackers and toy bombs and arrested two accused. —Correspondent