PESHAWAR: At least four people, including a woman, were killed and seven others sustained serious injuries in separate shooting incidents in the Swabi and Kohat districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, triggering fear and panic in the affected areas.
According to details, the first incident occurred in the Gaddodabad Lar area of Swabi, where gunmen allegedly opened fire over an old enmity. Three people, including a woman, were killed, while seven others were injured.
Following the incident, three ambulances from Rescue 1122 rushed to the scene. Rescue personnel provided initial medical assistance to the injured before shifting them to Bacha Khan Hospital for further treatment.
صوابی میں فائرنگ سے 4 افراد جاں بحق 5 زخمی ہوگئے،زخمیوں کو اسپتال منتقل کردیا گیا،واقعہ دیرینہ دشمنی پر پیش آیا https://t.co/3nsJzgOEuU
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According to Rescue 1122 officials, the injured were identified as Rehman Sher, Zahid Gilani, Imran, Aamir, Yousaf Khan, Muhammad Ateeq and Masood Khan.
One of the deceased was identified as Hafiz Maulana Aftab, who was reportedly the prayer leader of Torkhel Mosque.
Local sources said that most of those caught in the firing were passers-by. A schoolchild was also reportedly among those injured.
In a separate incident in Kohat district, a 56-year-old man, Nazir Ali Shah, was shot dead on New Markaz Road in the Behramabad area.
خیبر پختونخوا کے ضلع صوابی میں گڈوڈ آباد لار، نیشنل بینک کے قریب فائرنگ کے افسوسناک واقعے میں درجنوں افراد زخمی جبکہ 7 سے 8 افراد کے جاں بحق ہونے کی اطلاعات ہیں۔ واقعے کے بعد علاقے میں تشویش کی فضا ہے۔ ہلاکتوں اور زخمیوں کی تعداد سے متعلق مزید تفصیلات کا انتظار ہے۔ https://t.co/ZdEkrWuXag
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Rescue 1122 said its medical team reached the scene shortly after receiving information about the incident. The injured man was shifted to the District Headquarters Hospital in Kohat in critical condition, but he succumbed to his injuries.
The deceased was identified as Nazir Ali Shah, son of Sadat Ali Shah, a resident of Shahabad Colony, Jorunda.
Police said the motive behind the shooting in Kohat remains unknown.
