Old enmity claims five lives in Karak

Published April 7, 2021
Five people, a passer-by among them, were killed when rival groups clashed over an old enmity in Darshakhel area of Shnawa Guddikhel union council here on Tuesday. — Reuters/File
Five people, a passer-by among them, were killed when rival groups clashed over an old enmity in Darshakhel area of Shnawa Guddikhel union council here on Tuesday. — Reuters/File

KARAK: Five people, a passer-by among them, were killed when rival groups clashed over an old enmity in Darshakhel area of Shnawa Guddikhel union council here on Tuesday.

Police officials said as a result of the firing, two brothers, Waqar and Akhter, from one group, two cousins, Mohammad Jafar and Ihsanullah, from the other side, and a passer-by identified as Mohammad Ayub, sustained critical injuries.

They were shifted to the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital, Takht-i-Nusrati, where all of them were pronounced as brought dead.

The police registered FIR of the incident, and were making raids to arrest the culprits, who managed to escape the area.

Published in Dawn, April 7th, 2021

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