Two killed in attack on ‘spy’

WANA: Unidentified masked men shot and wounded a suspected “spy” while his driver and cousin were gunned down in the same attack in broad daylight in Wana bazaar, witnesses said. Abdur Rehman, 45, was seriously wounded and immediately taken to a private hospital in Wana, regional headquarters of South Waziristan, for treatment, witnesses said. “Their pick-up was attacked by masked gunmen around 1pm in Wana bazaar. The man’s driver and cousin, however, died instantly,” they said. The attack took place just when thousands of tribesmen gathered in Azam Warsak to observe the death anniversary of Nek Muhammad. A tribal elder told Daily Times that Rehman was an “undercover agent” for a security agency, and suspected that militants were behind the attack. Three months ago, Rehman’s brother was killed in North Waziristan while another brother was killed in Paktika for having alleged links with US forces in Machadad Kot base. staff report

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