KHYBER: Four locals were shot and dead by unknown armed persons here in Sur Dand, Fort Sloop tehsil Bara district Khyber on Tuesday night. Locals said that five persons of sub-tribe of Afridi who were guarding a piece of land, had got hold of it a few days back when unknown assailants attacked them last night and killed four of them. One person successfully escaped, they added. The murderers fled from the scene after committing the crime, they added. On Wednesday morning on the information of locals, a police party under the head of Station House Officer (SHO) Bara police station Akbar Afridi rushed to the spot and shifted the bodies to Dogra Hospital for medico-legal formalities, police said. The deceased were identified as Hazratullah, Ziyarat Gul, Abdul Malik and Mubeen Afridi. Evidence was collected from the spot and police initiated an investigation to trace the killers,SHO Akbar said. The dead persons had a land dispute with another sub-tribe; however, so far First Information Report (FIR) was not filed against any one, affected families said. Our Correspondent
