PESHAWAR- Two persons including an employee with the FATA Secretariat were killed today in Dir Colony when unknown armed men opened fire on a vehicle.
According to police sources, the incident took place in Yaksatoot area of Peshawar where unknown miscreants opened indiscriminate fire on a car carrying the FATA Secretariat employee, named Ehsanullah. He was accompanied by Khaista Rehman, the man driving the vehicle.
The attack killed both men onboard the car, police said, adding that the victims were government employees belonging to FATA. Motives behind the attack could not be ascertained immediately as the gunmen managed to flee from the scene. Police cordoned off the area and launched search for the miscreants.