HARIPUR: Gunmen killed a local journalist in Hattar village here on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The police claimed that the killing wasn\u2019t an act of terrorism and instead, a family feud was to blame.<\/p>\n

SHO of Hattar police station Ali Jadoon told Dawn that Sohail Khan, a correspondent of local Urdu daily K2 Times was targeted when he was returning in car after dropping children off at school near Mohallah Rariyan.<\/p>\n

He said the 28-year-old died of bullet injuries on the spot, while the attackers fled.<\/p>\n

The SHO said the deceased\u2019s father-in-law was killed by his (Sohail\u2019s) brother, Amir Khan, few years ago over a family dispute and that the killer was arrested a fortnight ago after being at large for eight years.<\/p>\n

He said Sohail\u2019s family suspected the involvement of some family members in the arrest.<\/p>\n

The SHO said though the family had yet to name suspects, the circumstantial evidence showed that Sohail was killed over a family feud and not over journalistic work or in an act of terrorism.<\/p>\n

Bureau chief of Sohail\u2019s newspaper, Bakhshish Elahi, was gunned down in June last year. However, the police have yet to trace killers.<\/p>\n

Dawn<\/a><\/p>\n

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