Social worker shot dead in KP's Bajaur
BAJAUR: Unidentified assailants shot dead a social worker in the Kohi area of Salarzai tehsil, police and residents said on Saturday. They told Dawn that the incident occurred on Friday night when the attackers stormed the house of Zahoor Ahmad Jan, 27, and opened fire on him, killing him on the spot. An official at the Salarzai police station said that policemen rushed to the scene after…
In Bajaur, Pakistan, a social worker named Zahoor Ahmad Jan, 27, was shot dead in the Kohi area of Salarzai tehsil on Friday night, police and residents reported to Dawn. The assailants stormed the victim's house, opening fire on him and killing him immediately. Police rushed to the scene after receiving information about the incident, but the attackers had already fled by the time they arrived.
An investigation has been launched to determine the motive behind the killing and to identify those responsible. Zahoor Ahmad Jan was a social worker and the cousin of another slain social activist, Malik Ziaur Rehman, who was killed on May 3. No one has claimed responsibility for the murder, which sparked public condemnation.
In a separate incident, two youths were killed when their motorcycle collided with a vehicle on the Bajaur-Munda Highway in the Qazafi area on Saturday. Mohammad Basit, 22, and Mohammad Aziz, from Lower Dir district's Samarbagh, were riding the motorcycle at the time of the accident. Both were seriously injured and were transported to the District Headquarters Hospital, where they succumbed to their injuries.
Their bodies were later taken to their native areas following the completion of necessary formalities at the hospital.
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