Unidentified assailants kill 11 persons of a same family in Lakki Marwat

LAKKI MARWAT, Jan 10 (SABAH): Unidentified assailants barged into a house in Lakki Marwat and shot dead 11 people of a family.

The tragic incident occurred in Tekhtikhel area of Lakki Marwat. The gunmen forced their entry into the house late at night and sprayed bullets on the inhabitants. As a result, all the 11 people present in the house were killed on the spot.

Police reached the crime scene upon getting intimation and started investigation. Police said the deceased included two real brothers, their wives and children.

A guest was also among the dead. Police further said the bodies seemed two days older.

Local sources claimed armed assailants entered the house and killed the inhabitants with indiscriminate firing and later locked the house from outside. Police have taken into custody all the dead bodies and investigating.

The locals said another member of the same ill-fated family was murdered in past. The residents of the locality had protested on the Indus Highway against the incident by placing the body on the road. However, the police could not trace the culprits behind the murder.

Meanwhile policemen were among four persons were martyred on Wednesday after terrorists carried out an attack in the Lachi area of Kohat, as law enforcers remain the prime target of banned outfits in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

According to details, the armed men targeted a check post near Lachi Toll Plaza – some 28 kilometres south of Kohat, resulting in martyrdom of three policemen and a civilian.

The attack triggered a gunfight that lasted for a while after which the terrorists were forced flee. A large contingent of police was later rushed to the area where a search operation has been launched.

Head Constable Amjad, Head Constable Junaid, Constable Waqar and Noor Muhammad – a citizen – have been identified as victims.