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Published 30 May, 2012 10:23pm

Militant among four killed in Mansehra

MANSEHRA, May 30: A man gunned down three brothers over a dispute in Badra area early on Wednesday before being killed by locals.

SHO of city police station Khursheed Tanoli identified the attacker as a militant, Mohammad Arshad alias Taliban, saying he was wanted for attacks on the offices of two NGOs, Plan International and World Vision.

The FIR registered by police said the militant and his two accomplices stormed Mohammad Jamshed’s house and opened fire on Jamshed and his brothers Mohammad Mushtaq and Mohammad Ishtiaq.

The three brothers died on the spot.

Hearing the gunfire, people of the area showed up and shot dead the attacker.

One of the militant’s accomplices, Mohammad Naseer, and an unidentified man also suffered injured in the clash. They were taken to the KingAbdullah Teaching Hospital, where their condition was stated to be out of danger.

Police found four hand grenades and a kalashnikov near the militant’s body and seized them.

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