KABUL: Seven people have been killed and 15 others, including women and children, injured in three separate incidents in the Mardan, Lakki Marwat and Bajaur districts of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
According to local officials, on Saturday, a passenger vehicle travelling from Taxila to Peshawar overturned near the Rashakai Interchange in Mardan after one of its tyres burst, killing three people and injuring 14 others.
In a separate incident, two people, including a police officer, were killed when unidentified gunmen opened fire inside the judicial complex in Lakki Marwat, and Javed Iqbal, a member of the Pakistan Peoples Party, was also injured.
Police said the shooting took place outside the courtroom of an additional sessions judge and no further details were provided about the attackers or their whereabouts.
Meanwhile, police in Bajaur said a woman allegedly killed her young daughter before taking her own life by hanging.
The motive behind the incident remains unclear.