7 killed as gunmen ambush NGO van near Swabi

Pakistani police said that seven NGO workers including six women and a medical technician were shot dead Monday afternoon near Swabi interchange, Dawn News reported. Station House Officer of Chota Lahor Police Station, Zulfiqar Khan said that the vehicle carrying the employees of Support With Working Solutions (SWWS) organization (now known as \'Ujala\') was on its way from a centre of the NGO when it was ambushed at Sher Afzal\'s Banda area near Anbar Interchange in Swabi district. \"Yes I can confirm six women and a man has been killed while one worker has been injured,\" he added. Police said that the SWWS workers were targeted when they were returning from school and health centre to home as unidentified gunmen, probably riding a motorbike sprayed their vehicle with bullets.