9 anti-Taliban citizens killed in northwest Pakistan

Militants ambushed a convoy of prominent anti-Taliban elders in volatile northwest Pakistan, spraying their cars with gunfire, killing nine people and wounding six others. The members of the anti-Taliban citizens' group were attacked on their journey from the Machikhel area to meet security officials in Bannu District.

Nine bodies were recovered from the bullet-riddled cars, including at least four tribal elders, and six people were hospitalized with injuries. Armed local residents and security forces later fought off the Taliban after the ambush.