Tribal leader Barat Khan Achakzai shot dead in Chaman

His 12-year-old son was also killed


Shezad Baloch November 01, 2014

QUETTA: A local tribal elder Malik Barat Khan Achakzai and his son were killed in a targeted attack by unknown assailants in Chaman town, Qila Abdullah district on Saturday morning.

According to Chaman Levies official, Achakzai was going to Chaman Bazaar from his house in his car when armed men on motorbikes opened fire at his car.

“Barat Khan Achakzai and his 12-year-old son received multiple bullet wounds and died on the spot while his second son was critically wounded in the attack,” Deputy Commissioner Qila Abdullah, Mohammed Naeem Bazai, told The Express Tribune.

COMMENTS (2)

Gul Marjan | 9 years ago | Reply

ET please correct the statement. The man assassinated was Adozai, Achakzai rather than Orakzai

Samar Gul | 9 years ago | Reply

The man is Achakzai Adozai not Orakzai, I confirmed via phone to the area.

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