TIMERGARA, Oct 9: Bodies of two unidentified young men stuffed in sacks were found in a village in Maidan area of Lower Dir on Sunday.

The residents said the decomposed bodies were beyond recognition. The Lal Qila police said on contact the bodies had been kept at a local hospital for identification.

Police said they got information about the bodies stuffed in sacks which were thrown in bushes near the Manial village. “We brought the bodies which had no bullet or sharp edged weapon's wound on them,” police said, adding the youth seemed to have been hanged and then stuffed in the sacks.—Correspondent

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