On Monday PTI District Chairman Atif Jadoon Khan along with at least eight people were killed when unidentified assailants targeted their vehicle with rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) near Havelian, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Monday.
The attackers attacked Jadoon’s vehicle near the Langra area of Abbottabad District when he, along with seven other people, was on his way home after offering fateha in a nearby village, said the police.
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According to the police officials, the incident seemed to be linked to an old enmity. According to Sources, the matter said the vehicle was targeted with the RPGs, adding that the vehicle caught fire following the rocket attack.
After being informed, the police and rescue officials rushed to the crime scene and shifted the bodies to the hospital for medicolegal formalities.
It is pertinent to mention here that Jadoon, after winning the Local Bodies election as an independent candidate, had joined the Imran Khan-led PTI.
Contrary to the sources’ claim, the police, however, said that the PTI leader was killed in a firing incident.
