Gunmen broke into the house of a Pakistani official and killed 13 people near a northwestern town where Islamist militants are active, police said on Thursday. The killings took place late on Wednesday in Gomal village, around 15 km (10 miles) southwest of the town of Tank in North West Frontier Province."We are investigating the motive behind the murder," Mumtaz Zareen, a senior police official in Tank, told Reuters.
The house belonged to Pir Aurangzeb, a senior official with the government-run power utility, WAPDA. Those killed included Aurangzeb, five members of his family and seven guests.