KHUZDAR: Two tribal elders were killed and two women injured when unidentified men opened fire on them in Mola area of Khuzdar district on Saturday night.

Levies officials said that the armed men barged into the house of Muhammad Akbar Jamalzai and opened fire. As a result of the firing, Akbar Jamalzai died on the spot while three others, including two women, sustained injuries.

Naib tehsildar Hafiz Muhammad Ashraf said that Levies personnel rushed to the site and shifted the injured to the district hospital where one of them succumbed to his injuries. He was identified as Saddat, son of Jamalzai.

According to Levies officials, Jamalzai had killed three persons — his brother, nephew and another close relative — on April 6. “The motive behind the murder was an enmity between the families,” they added.

Published in Dawn, May 6th, 2018