Boxer shot dead in Peshawar

Published June 24, 2023

PESHAWAR: Unknown gunmen shot dead a local boxer named Jahanzaib outside his home here on Friday.

According to police, the local boxer was targeted outside his house in Phandu area of Peshawar. Two gunmen opened fire on Jahanzaib which resulted in his instant death.

Police said the deceased had recently fired gunshots at the house of the attackers.

The body of the deceased was shifted to a hospital for medico-legal procedure. An investigation has been launched into the incident after registration of a case, the police added.

Published in Dawn, June 24th, 2023

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