CHARSADDA, Nov 20: Three persons were killed in different incidents here on Sunday.

In the first incident, a man was gunned down and another was injured over a petty issue in the Matta Mughalkhel area of Shabqadar tehsil.

The victim, Maqsud, son of Mehraban, had exchanged harsh words with the accused, Muzaffar Shah and Feroz Shah. The accused attacked Maqsud and killed him on the spot. The injured man, Raham Malik, was shifted to hospital.

In the other incident, Maskeen was shot dead by unidentified attackers in Shabqadar area. The police registered a case on the report of the victim’s brother Hanif Gul.

In a road accident, a 14-year-old boy was knocked down by a speeding pick-up van in the Bela Koroona area. He was identified as Osama.—Correspondent