CHARSADDA, March 17: Two people were killed when unidentified motorcyclists opened fire on a moving car on Matta road in Shabqadar on Sunday.

The victims, stated to be cousins, were going home in the car when the motorcyclists attacked them. They died instantly. The police said the victims were tea traders.

Lodging FIR with the police, Ziaul Haq said he was going in the car along with his brother Mohammad Sarwar alias Hazrat Yar and cousin Abdul Aala when the motorcyclists opened indiscriminate fire on the car, killing his brother and cousin on the spot. The attackers escaped the area after the incident.

The police registered the case against unidentified accused and started investigation.

BOY KILLED: An 11-year-old boy was buried alive and his parents and a sister were seriously injured when roof of a room in their house collapsed in Khanmai area on Sunday.

Residents said the room collapsed after the beam gave way, killing Daud Jan, 11, on the spot. The house owner, Alamgir, his wife and a daughter were injured in the incident.

The locals rushed to the house soon after the incident and started rescue work. They retrieved the body and pulled out the injured from the debris and shifted them to the hospital.

SUICIDE: A young man committed suicide over some domestic issue in the Dalazak area on Sunday. Saro Kali police said the victim, Rahat Hussain, was upset after his father reprimanded him over an issue. Later, he committed suicide with a pistol. The police registered the case and started investigation.

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