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NORTH WAZIRISTAN: Armed motorcyclists shot dead a vendor in Hessokhel area near Mirali town of North Waziristan tribal district on Tuesday.
Officials said the deceased vendor identified as Mohammad Shabbir, son of Faiz Bakhsh, hailed from Ahmadpur area of Bahawalpur district. He was selling ice cream when armed men targeted him.
The attackers managed to escape after the incident. The body was sent to the native town after the postmortem at a hospital in Mirali town.
Published in Dawn, July 14th, 2021
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