Two shot dead

Published November 16, 2012

LAKKI MARWAT, Nov 15: Two persons including a retired teacher were killed in separate incidents in Lakki Marwat here on Thursday.

Police said that a man along with his accomplices shot dead his uncle over a land dispute in Begukhel area of the district. They said that Mashal Khan and his son Hameed Khan were going to fields when Younas Khan, the nephew of Mashal, and Gul Tayyaz opened fire on them.

Police said that Mashal Khan was killed on the spot while his son remained unhurt.

In the second incident, a retired college teacher Haji Nader Khan was killed by his rivals near his house in Mohallah Hafizabad. —Correspondent

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