Moazzam Jah Ansari, the provincial inspector general of police, speaks during a press conference.
IGP claims that a man shot his sister’s spouse in Swat out of respect.
Children trapped in the gunfire in Lower Dir between two warring gangs.
Police were committed to prosecuting the suspects.
Moazam Jah Ansari, the Inspector General of Police (IGP) of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, said that the two violent incidents that sent the Swat Valley into a state of unrest were not acts of terror but rather personal vendettas that resulted in retaliation, allaying concerns about a resurgence of militancy.
At a news briefing regarding the attack in Swat, KP IGP stated, “The murder of the school-van driver on October 10 was a case of honour-killing.”
According to him, a man killed the sister’s husband in the case out of respect. One of the three suspects has been arrested, and the other two will shortly be in police custody.
Similarly, according to IG Jah, an armed conflict between two competing factions occurred in Lower Dir during another incidence of shooting that appeared to target children.
On Monday, October 10, armed men ambushed a school van in the Swat Valley neighbourhood of Char Bagh, murdering the driver and hurting a pupil.
The school van’s driver was the target of the gunmen, who fatally shot him while 10–11 pupils were in the van at the time of the attack.
The police also stated that the attack only injured the toddler who was seated in the front seat next to the driver.
Following the tragedy, the entire valley protested in the streets because they thought the attack was a terrorist strike.
The terrorist acts and the turmoil in the province, according to the protesters, are unbearable. The protesters declared, “We want peace in the region and we will resist terrorism.”
Residents of Mingora, the city where the attack occurred, suspect extremists were behind it, but they have denied liability for Monday’s shooting.
