Pakistan Crime
Bloodshed in broad daylight: Peace committee member among 5 shot dead in Pakistan
At least five people, including a member of a local peace committee, were shot dead in separate incidents in Pakistan’s Tank and Dera regions on Friday, according to media reports.
Citing police officials, Dawn News reported that unidentified assailants opened fire near Committee Bagh in Tank district, killing a peace committee member identified as Farooq, a resident of Umar Khan Kallay.
In another incident, Khaizulullah Khan Mehsud was shot dead by unknown attackers near a petrol pump along the Tank-Dera Road. He belonged to the Mehsud tribe of Upper South Waziristan district.
Police said the bodies have been shifted to a hospital for further procedures.
Separate cases have been registered, and investigations into the incidents are underway, officials told Dawn News.
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