Bodies of girl, man found

Published February 28, 2003

BAJAUR, Feb 27: Two bodies were found wrapped in sacks near Damdola village in Mamond subdivision of Bajaur Agency on Thursday.

Sources said the victims, a young girl and a man, were slaughtered. People placed the bodies for identification at the Shini village.

The political authorities made announcements from mosque loud-speakers in many villages, but nobody turned up to claim the bodies.

Later, the bodies were buried as ‘trust’ in the local graveyard.

Sources said the deceased were Afghans and they lived in the Barkhalozo refugee camp.

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