SWABI: Gunmen killed three people in a car attack in Shewa village of Razaar tehsil here on Thursday.

The police said Waqar Ahmad, his father Mohammad Sadiqand another person, Wahid Zaman, were targetedon the way to the Swabi Judicial Complex in Shahmansoor area.

They said Waqar and Sadiq were to attend the court hearing into a murder case, while Zaman hitchhiked.

The police said Sadiq died on the spot, while Waqar and Zaman succumbed to critical injuries at the tehsil headquarters hospital.

They said they had booked three brothers, including Daud Khan, Akmal Khan and Asfandyar Khan, for murders before starting investigation.

However, no arrest was made until night.

Meanwhile, a man was killed in Bando Obbo village of Razaar tehsil on Thursday.

The police said a family dispute led to the murder of Khewa Taj, 48.

Also in the day, three people were injured when a tyre of the rickshaw they rode exploded on the Swabi-Topi Road near Gulu Dheri area.

The injured, including Zarshid Khan, 21, Ikram Khan, 19, and a woman, were shifted to the district headquarters hospital.

Also, a car fell off the Gohati Bridge due to speeding injuring driver Afsar Khan.

PLANTATION: Deputy commissioner Furqan Ashraf on Thursday said 0.5 million saplings would be planted in Swabi district in the ongoing campaign.

He inaugurated the drive titled ‘one student, one tree’ here at the Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology.

Published in Dawn, March 10th, 2023