Our correspondent
LANDIKOTAL: Gunmen shot dead a man identified as Amirullah Afridi, a resident of Sadukhel, in Landikotal bazaar on Monday and fled the scene, police said on Tuesday.
Eyewitnesses said that armed men dragged Amirullah Afridi out of a car and shot him in the crowded bazaar before fleeing.
Police said the injured was shifted to a hospital in Peshawar due to his critical condition, but breathed his last before reaching the hospital.
Within hours, police arrested four suspects: Sajjad Khan, son of Besmaallah Khan Shinwari, resident of Landikotal; Farzand, a resident of Shangla; Ihtisham, resident of Nowshera; and Sawat Sher, resident of Mohmand district. The police have registered a case and initiated an investigation. Police told this correspondent that behind the incident was a monetary dispute between the parties.
