(Reuters) Two Taliban splinter groups claimed responsibility for the attack on Samiullah Afridi, while he was on his way home on the outskirts of Peshawar on Tuesday.
Fahad Marwat, a spokesman for the militant group Jandullah called AFP news agency soon after the incident and claimed responsibility for Afridi's murder.
Later in the evening, a Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan also called AFP and claimed the attack.
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