REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, PESHAWAR -- A former lawyer of a Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA in the hunt for Osama bin Laden was shot dead in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, officials said.

Two militant groups claimed responsibility for the attack on Samiullah Afridi, who had faced threats for representing doctor Shakeel Afridi, on the outskirts of Peshawar.

Afridi was returning from a village, Mathra, when unknown gunmen sprayed bullets on his car, Mian Saeed, a senior police official, told AFP.

"According to initial reports, two gunmen fired on his car from both sides and escaped after the attack," he said.

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