Gunmen Open Fire at Worshippers in Pakistan’s North Waziristan Mosque, Kill 3

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Unidentified gunmen entered a mosque and opened indiscriminate fire on the worshippers in Muhammadkhel area in Datakhel tehsil, North Waziristan tribal district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.

Three worshippers were killed in the attack on Sunday.

The attackers managed to flee after the gruesome incident. The police said that unidentified armed men sneaked into the mosque in Muhammadkhel area and targeted the worshippers with automatic weapons.

As a result, three persons identified as Yasir, Tajmali Khan and Muhammad Nawaz sustained multiple bullet injuries and died on the spot.

The bodies were shifted to the District Headquarters Hospital in Miranshah for medico-legal formalities.

No militant group or individual has claimed responsibility for the killings.

Source: The News