In the first incident, unidentified armed men opened fire at a car in the remote, mountainous Shawal Valley in North Waziristan Agency. Tribal sources said four people died on the spot while the assailants escaped. There were reports that those killed were members of a militant organisation.
In another incident that took place in the Kot Khadak area, located around 25 kilometres west of the Tank city, unidentified armed men arrived in a double-cabin pickup truck and opened indiscriminate fire at a makeshift, roadside restaurant. Five people were killed and two others injured in the attack.
Some of the slain men were identified as Naqeebullah, Faqeer Mohammad and Ali Mohammad. They belonged to the Mehsud tribe and were reportedly affiliated with the outlawed Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
Police officials said the slain persons were eating lunch at a restaurant when they came under attack.Two other civilians, including an auto rickshaw driver Atta Khan and Mohammad Zaman, were also killed in the firing.
The injured and bodies of the slain men were later brought to the District Headquarters Hospital in Tank.The Pakistan Army soldiers and the police later went to the area but failed to arrest the attackers.The law and order situation has deteriorated in the Tank district, located on the border with the militancy-stricken South Waziristan.
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