LAKKI MARWAT: Local elders on Saturday condemned the armed attack on Marwat Qaumi Jirga head Haji Mohammad Aslam Khan on Friday.

According to reports, a group of armed men attacked Aslam Khan in Eesalchel village where he had gone to attend the funeral of a local. The attackers reportedly opened fire on him.

However, Aslam as well as those present there to offer the funeral prayers miraculously escaped.

Soon af ter the incident, a police party led by SHO Javed Khan rushed to the village and arrested two attackers identified as Mohammad Ismail and Akbar Zaman.

A police official said efforts had been intensified to arrest the remaining attackers.

Aslam Khan told police in his preliminary report that the attackers had demanded money from him and on refusal they made an attempt on him.

Meanwhile, a jirga consisting of elders of Meenakhel clan on Saturday condemned the attack and asked the government to bring the attackers to justice.

On the occasion, former tehsil nazim Fareedullah Khan Meenakhel said the attackers harmed the sanctity of funeralandthe body.

`To stop an elder from attending the funeral prayer and making a life attempt on him is against the Pakhtun traditions and teachings of Islam,` he added.