Unidentified attackers opened indiscriminate fire on former federal minister and Awami National Party (ANP) leader Muhammad Afzal Khan Lala on Friday, killing his driver and gunman and wounding the ANP leader, his nephew and two servants. Afzal Lala and his nephew, Matta Tehsil Nazim Abdul Jabbar Khan were going from their ancestral village Deresh Khela to Shakar Darra to offer ‘fateha’ for a friend when their car came under attack at Bedara. Driver Sher Alam Khan and gunman Muhammad Khaliq died instantly while Afzal Lala, Jabbar and Lala’s two servants were wounded and rushed to Matta hospital.
The police registered an FIR against the unidentified attackers. ANP Provincial President Afrasiab Khattak condemned the attack on Afzal Lala saying it was the responsibility of the state to protect the life and property of the citizens.