2 tribal elders shot dead in KP's Lower South Waziristan

Two tribal elders were shot dead in Lower South Waziristan on Sunday when unidentified gunmen opened fire on their car near Darozanda, according to Dawn. Police identified the victims, both members of the Suleman Khel tribe, as Haji Gul and Malik Badshah, and said the attackers fled the scene. A preliminary report has been filed and an investigation launched, but the killing fits a grim pattern in the region — tribal elders and their relatives have been targeted repeatedly in recent months amid ongoing security challenges in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

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