Frontier Corps (FC) personnel shot dead a 23-year-old man in Kohistan on Saturday.
According to initial reports, FC personnel and locals clashed over the alleged assault of a taxi driver. An FC convoy on routine patrol at the Karakoram Highway reportedly hit a taxi leading to an argument between them.
Crowds gathered as FC men beat up the driver after he stopped them, locals said. As crowds gathered, FC men resorted to aerial firing killing a 23-year-old.
Locals blocked Karakorram Highway in protest over the killing leading.