Overview
- Unidentified attackers opened fire on Maulana Muhammad Idris’s vehicle in the Atmanzai area of Charsadda, killing the religious scholar and former provincial assembly member at the scene.
- Two of his guards were badly hurt in the attack, and police said two officers on his security detail were also wounded.
- Officers cordoned off the area, moved the body and the injured to a hospital, and began searches in nearby localities.
- Investigators say they obtained images of four suspects and launched a search operation as inquiries continue with no claim of responsibility reported.
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi condemned the killing, sought a police report, and ordered top medical care for the wounded, while the religious party JUI-F announced all seminaries in the district will close for three days as residents expressed fear and grief.