LAKKI MARWAT: Two teenage boys drowned in a rainwater pond in Mela Mandrakhel village here on Sunday.

A rescue official said Qudratullah, 18, and Imtiaz, 17, were bathing in the pond when they slipped into deep waters.

A villager said both the boys had gotten stuck in the mud and they were in critical condition when local divers took them out of the pond.

He said a Rescue 1122 team later provided first aid to the boys and shifted them to the district headquarters hospital, but they did not survive.

Meanwhile, two persons were shot dead over a blood feud in Bragai area of Naurang town on Sunday.

Police said Umer Ayaz, 33, and his cousin Ihsanullah, 21, were attacked by their rivals when they were going to the village on a motorcycle.

They said both died on the spot.

Haji Sardraz, father of Ayaz, told the police that Hasti Khan, Rasool Zaman, Maiwar Shah and Noor Ali ambushed them near the Peer Bridge, killing both on the spot.

The police registered case and have started investigations.

Published in Dawn, August 16th, 2021