MARDAN: Two persons were killed and four others injured when rival groups exchanged fire at Didar Mohammad Bazaar in Harichand area over a land dispute here on Saturday, the police and locals said.

Shergar police’s preliminary investigations revealed that members of the groups were cousins.

The police officials said that the slain persons were brothers identified as Israr Ahmad, 32, and Sajid, 30, belonging to one group, while the injured included Imran Habib, Yasir, 35, Siraj, 55, and Noor Mohammad, 45, belonging to the other group.

The police lodged FIR on the complaint of Idrees, a relative of the slain brothers, who nominated the suspects, including Kashan, Rafiq, Siraj, Nasir, Yasir and Noor Mohammad.

The police said the rival party had yet to approach them for registration of the case.

Published in Dawn, September 4th, 2022

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