Overview
- Unidentified gunmen opened fire in the Kari Kot/Karrikot Bazaar area, killing brothers Naveed Wazir and Moinuddin and wounding a passerby, with the assailants fleeing the scene.
- Police registered an FIR at the Wana City Police Station, moved the bodies to the District Headquarters Hospital and launched search operations to trace and arrest the attackers.
- The Wazir family has been targeted repeatedly, including a September remote-controlled bomb that killed another of Malik Jamil Wazir’s sons and injured the elder, police said.
- A separate armed clash over a long-running land dispute in the Gul Kach area of Lower South Waziristan left at least five dead and two injured, prompting tribal mediation and extra security deployment.
- Local leaders and residents are calling for stronger state action as police investigations continue, with the incidents underscoring an 18-month rise in targeted killings and property-related violence in the district.