Six people were killed and two critically injured in two separate incidents on Tuesday. According to sources, in the first incident, five of the six people of the same family, who suffered burn injuries the other day, died in hospitals in Peshawar. Sources said that the sixth person was also in a critical condition. The victims were identified as Lazi Khan, elder of the family and his sons Basharat, Noorullah and Shoaib and teenage daughter Kainat, residents of Karak, and all were buried in their ancestral graveyard at Tangori Sar Chowk.
Sources claimed that the incident occurred due to leakage of gas and fire erupted, which caused death of five people of the same family. Police sources said that in the second incident, Taj Ali, resident of Ghulamkhel was killed in a road accident as result of a head-on collision between a car bearing registration number M-9007 and a passenger coach bearing registration number P-5673 on the Indus Highway at Amberi Killay Chowk. Bakht Ali, resident of Rehmatabad, was critically injured in the accident. He was shifted to the Karak District Headquarters Hospital where his condition was critical.