PARACHINAR, Dec 10: One person was killed and three others were wounded when unknown miscreants opened fire on a vehicle at Kaka Waka locality on Monday.

The political administration in a crackdown after the incident arrested over 30 people under the Collective Territorial Responsibility Act.

Noor Jamal was killed while Ihsanullha, Noor Jana, and Gohar Zaman sustained injuries when unknown assailants opened fire on the vehicle. Tribal leader Bakht Jamal, who was travelling in the vehicle, narrowly escaped. The attackers fled after his guards retaliated. The injured persons were taken to DHQ hospital Parachinar. — Correspondent

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