Undefined Explosive Device (UED) event in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Kohat District area, Pakistan on Sat 28th October 2023

A Geo News reporter and a cameraman narrowly escaped shooting by unidentified assailants on Rawalpindi Road in Kohat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on October 28, reports The News. However, both of them were injured as a result of falling off their motorcycle during the firing. Syed Yasir Shah, who is a senior journalist, and the cameraman accompanying him were on their way back from Attock after covering the Makhad Sharif Urs when two motorcyclists shot at them. Shah, while talking to this correspondent over a phone call, said that they were injured as a result of falling off their motorcycle due to firing. The assailants also tried to chase us after the attack but fled later, he added. Shah is a senior correspondent of Geo News, working since 2007. He had been receiving threats for a long time. This is the second time the Kohat correspondent has been attacked in this year. A group of unidentified assailants detonated explosives and shot at Shah's residence in Kohat on March 21, 2023.