LAKKI MARWAT: Six people including two proclaimed offenders were killed and one was injured when two rival groups clashed over old enmity in Agari Khanzadkhel area here late Tuesday night.

“Three passers-by are among the dead,” said the police on Wednesday, adding the gruesome incident occurred in the limits of Ghaznikhel police station.

They said that the bodies and an injured person, Zahid Khan, a resident of Behramkhel, were shifted to the District Headquarters Hospital.

They said the deceased included Ihsanullah and Zahid from one side and Amir from the other group and they belonged to Ghaznikhel.

Police also identified the passersby as Faizan, Uzair Ahmad and Ahmad, and said that Ihsanullah and Zahid were proclaimed offenders and wanted by police in several cases.

They said a musical concert was organised in connection with the wedding function of one Zahidullah son of Danish, a resident of Agari Khanzadkhel.

Complainant Faisal Khan, 23, told police that after attending the musical concert, he along with his cousin Ihsanullah and a relative Zahid left for Ghaznikhel on separate motorcycles.

On the way, armed rivals including Fazal Rahim and Rizwan suddenly appeared and opened fire on us with their assault rifles, killing Ihsan and Zahid on the spot, he claimed.

Samia Bibi from the second group told police in her preliminary report that after attending the wedding function, she and her husband Amir were waiting for a motorcar when their rivals Faisal, Hakimullah and Razaullah came on motorcycles and sprayed them with bullets.

She said her husband received multiple critical injuries and died instantly.

Police said they had arrested one of the accused persons identified as Faisal (complaint) nominated in the FIR after registration of a case under relevant sections of law.

They said they had also registered a case against bridegroom Zahidullah and his friends Hidayatullah and Meero for resorting to festive firing in the wedding ceremony.

Published in Dawn, April 25th, 2024