LARKANA: A man was shot dead and his elderly mother was wounded when armed men barged into a house in Mitho Khuhro village and opened fire on them late on Friday night, officials at the Keti Mumtaz police station said on Saturday.

The deceased was identified as Subhan Khuhro, 60, and his wounded mother as Sharifa Khatoon.

The attack is believed to have been linked to the longstanding land dispute between Bhuttos and Khuhros in Keti Mumtaz. The dispute, pertaining to about 3,200 acres of land in the katcha area, has already claimed the lives of 23 people — 13 Khuhros and 10 Bhuttos — over the last nine years.

Police transported Sharifa Khatoon to the Chandka Medical College Hospital where her condition was stated to be critical. The body of Subhan was taken to the Naudero hospital for a post-mortem examination and then handed over to the heirs.

Subhan’s son Imran Khuhro told local reporters that at least 10 armed men had stormed their house and opened indiscriminate fire killing his father on the spot and critically wounding his grandmother.

Published in Dawn, August 8th, 2021