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Three persons killed in Kohat firing

By our correspondents
March 14, 2016

KOHAT: Two brothers were among the three people killed in a firing incident at Jangalkhel area of the Kohat district late Saturday.

It was learnt that accused identified as Yousaf Khan, Qasim, Asim and Waheed Khan forced into the guestroom of their opponents in Mohallah Sikandar Khan in the Jangalkhel area and opened fire.

Two people - Muhammad Salman and Muhammad Hassan- sons of Nasim Khan, and an Afghan refugee, Habib, were killed on the spot.

The assailants fled the scene after committing the crime.

The bodies were shifted to KDA Hospital for postmortem and later handed over to the heirs.

Police reached the sport and collected pieces of evidence from the site.

A triple murder case was registered on the complaint of Rafiullah, a cousin of the two victims.

Four accused - Yousaf Khan, Qasim, Asim and Waheed - were nominated in the first information report.