Five people were found shot dead on Saturday in a village near Dera Ismail Khan, the police reported. Local residents initially found four bodies. However, another victim was discovered as investigation progressed. The individuals were found dead in the village of Hurmaz within the jurisdiction of Mir Ali police station.
The identities of four deceased remain unknown, while a fifth was identified as Arif, resident of Karak. The police reported that all the deceased had been shot and killed.
According to the police, the victims appeared to be non-locals, and were riding on two separate trucks. One had foams mattresses while the other was a vegetable truck.
The incident comes days after six non-local young barbers were killed in an incident of sinister violence that seeks to capitalise on ethnic faultlines in North Waziristan tribal district. For a separate incident, police told mediathat unidentified miscreants opened fire on Constable Jan Alam outside a bank in Mir Ali tehsil of North Waziristan.
He said that the unfortunate constable was there to withdraw his salary and was targeted on his way back home. His body was rushed to the District Headquarters Hospital Mir Ali where doctors pronounced him dead on arrival.
