location: Bannu
notes: Unidentified armed persons shot dead a tribal elder along with his aide in Bannu Bazaar in broad daylight on Thursday. Locals said that Khalid Khan, chief of Janikhel, was present in his car along with his aide Noorzali in Bannu Bazaar when unidentified assailants opened indiscriminate firing on them. Both the men died.
target_text: location: Bannu, fatalities: 2