QUETTA: At least three tribesmen were killed and six others injured when an armed clash broke out between two groups during a jirga in Gulistan area of Qila Abdullah district on Sunday.
A senior official of the Levies Force said the two sides had organised the jirga to resolve a murder dispute between them.
Sources said a tribal elder, Lala Khan Badaizai, had gone to the Gulistan area, along with some other elders, to attend the jirga held at the residence of his cousin Niaz Badaizai, who had a murder dispute with a rival group.
During the proceedings of the jirga some harsh words were exchanged by the two groups. As a result, a clash broke out, which claimed the lives of three people on the spot.
The dead included the young son of Lala Khan Badaizai and his gunman.
The Levies official confirmed that three people had been killed in the shootout, adding that six other persons were injured.
Personnel of the Frontier Corps (FC) and Levies Force shifted the bodies and the injured to hospital, said the sources.
The condition of three of the injured people was said to be serious.
Later, the local administration deployed heavy Levies and FC contingents to the area in order to avert further clashes between the two groups.
No arrest had been made in the case till late in the night.
Published in Dawn, April 17th, 2017
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