Journalist Sohail Khan shot dead in Haripur

 JournalismPakistan.com |  Published: 16 October 2018

Muhammad Sohail Khan, a reporter for K-2 Times, was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Haripur. The attack occurred as he was returning from the district court.

Summary

HARIPUR – Unidentified assailants on Tuesday shot dead Muhammad Sohail Khan, a reporter with K-2 Times newspaper in Hattar area of Haripur district (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa).

Khybernews.tv reported that the gunmen opened fire on Sohail while he was returning from the district court. He died on the spot.

The website said that Khan had reported against a drug peddler whom the police later arrested.

Quoting sources, khybernews.tv said the drug peddler’s son, angered by his father’s death, had killed Khan.

In June last year, Bakshish Elahi, bureau chief of K-2 Times was shot dead, also in Haripur.

Photo courtesy: khybernews.tv

KEY POINTS:

• Sohail Khan was shot dead in Haripur district.
• The gunmen attacked him while returning from the court.
• He had reported against a drug peddler prior to his death.
• The drug peddler's son is suspected of the murder.
• This follows a previous killing of a K-2 Times bureau chief in the same area.