Police on Monday found the bullet-riddled bodies of four local aid workers in a forest in north-west Pakistan, police said. The bodies of three women and a man were found dumped in the Kund forest, near the mountainous town of Shinkiari, 70 kilometres north of Islamabad, local police official Sudhair Ahmed told AFP.
"According to initial information the murdered people worked for a non-governmental organisation and were visiting schools in the area in a Pajero jeep," Ahmed said. The official said the motive for the killings was not known.