Gunmen kill 6 barbers in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban near the Afghan border

Unidentified gunmen shot and killed six barbers before dawn on Tuesday in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban in the country's northwest near the Afghanistan border, police said. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the killings in Mir Ali, a town in the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, said Jamal Khan, a local police chief. The incident shocked residents, who said the slain men all worked at various barbershops.