DHAKA: At least five people were killed and eight others wounded on Friday when unidentified gunmen opened fire at a vehicle in Swabi`s Yar Hussain region in Pakistan.

The deceased and the injured in the attack all belonged to the same family.

Station House Officer (SHO) Aijaz Khan confirmed the number of deaths in the incident.

He added that these people were going from Swabi to Peshawar airport in order to bid farewell to a relative who was leaving for Saudi Arabia before the attack occurred.

The victims included women, children and also the relative who was leaving for Saudi Arabia.

Police personnel and rescue teams immediately reached the site of the incident and began shifting the victims to a nearby hospital.

Source: DAWN.com
BDST: 1154 HRS, APR 25, 2014