MIRPURKHAS, May 20: Thirteen people were injured in a clash between two groups of flood survivors in Sher Khan Chandio village in the Mangli area of Sanghar district on Friday.

Sticks, axes and daggers were used in the clash which took place over a petty matter. Those injured were taken to Civil Hospital Sanghar. Police have set up a picket in the village to prevent any untoward incident.

Those involved in the clash had migrated from Jacobabad in the wake of last year's devastating floods.

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