LARKANA: Three persons were killed and two others injured in firing targeting some people sitting at a hotel near Chandka bridge within the jurisdiction of the Civil Lines police station of Larkana on Thursday.

The victims were identified as Allah Dino Bugti, Dad Mohammed Bugti and his son Akbar Bugti.

The victims were taken to the Chandka Medical College Hospital, where the injured were admitted and a post-mortem examination of the deceased was performed.

Police arrested Jan Mohammed Bugti and Janib Bugti after the attack.

Janib Bugti told reporters that he along with some other members of his tribe was having lunch at a hotel near the bridge on return home after attending the hearing of a case pertaining to a disputed piece of land. He alleged that his rivals in the case, Khadim Hussain Bugti and Alim, opened fire killing the three persons.

Jan Mohammed Bugti said that his father was also killed in 1999 by their rivals in the same land dispute.

An FIR of the incident was yet to be registered.

Published in Dawn, December 15th, 2017