NAWABSHAH: Two tribesmen were killed and one was wounded when armed men of Khoso tribe attacked the residence of their rival Jatoi clan in Ballu Ja Qubba village here on Wednesday.

Sources said that Ali Khan Jatoi died on the spot and his son Imran suffered serious wounds in the attack while one of the assailants, Atta Mohammad Khoso, was also killed when Jatoi tribesmen resisted the attack.

Police shifted the bodies and the injured to Peoples Medical University Hospital and said the incident appeared to be an outcome of an old enmity.

Published in Dawn, August 15th, 2019

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