ABBOTTABAD, April 7: Seven people were killed on Monday when members of a rival group opened indiscriminate fire on formers’ car at village Dhobather near Abbottabad.

The killing was stated to be the result of an old enmity.

Those killed in the firing have been identified as Aurangzeb, son of Munawar Khan; Shoaib, son of Aurangzeb; Zubair, son of Sadaat; Shezada Khan, son of Mir Afzal; Babar Khan, son of Sarwar Khan; Yousuf and Ameen Qureshi.

Abbottabad SSP Iqbal Mehmood has deputed different teams to arrest the culprits.

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