A paramilitary soldier shot dead two people including a former militant on Saturday to avenge the death of his brother in a military operation against Al Qaeda-linked suspects last year, officials said on Sunday. Nur Janan, a Frontier Constabulary (FC) jawan, opened fire late on Saturday when a group of tribesmen was returning after playing a cricket match with a team of paramilitary soldiers at the Zalai Fort in Wana, the main town in South Waziristan Agency near the Afghan border. The firing left Noor Hasan and a 19-year-old boy dead, a local administration official said. Another boy was injured in the incident.He said Hasan, had surrendered after a former Taliban commander, Nek Muhammad, was killed in June last year after leading bloody resistance to the armyâs largest-ever offensive to drive out Al Qaeda-linked militants in South Waziristan. Janan claimed that Hassan was close to the slain Taliban commander. âI killed him to take revenge for my brotherâs death,â he said. He has been arrested. Jananâs brother was a paramilitary soldier who died in that operation.
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