SUKKUR: Two tribesmen were killed and three others were wounded in an armed clash between two rival groups of Jatoi clan in remote riverine area of Bagarji town, Sukkur district, late on Wednesday night.

Villagers said that members of Sojhiro Attrani group and Sajjan Ghulamani group, who had a running dispute over an old issue of honour, attacked each other with sophisticated weapons, including rockets.

Fayaz Jatoi of Ghulamani group and Abdul Hakeem Jatoi of Attrani group were killed and three of his colleagues sustained fatal injuries during the fierce shootout that lasted about four hours, they said.

They said that tribeswomen managed to shift the dead bodies and the wounded to nearest hospital in Bagarji town. The bodies were handed over heirs after completion of medico-legal formalities and the wounded were admitted for treatment, they said.

Outlaw dies in tribal clash

An outlaw wanted by police in a number of cases was killed in a clash between rival groups of Jagirani and Chachar clans in riverine area within the limits of Durrani Mahar police station in Kandhkot district on Thursday.

Villagers said that the clash was an offshoot of an old feud in which both the parties used sophisticated weapons against each other.

The area’s police said that the deceased Inayat Jagirani was himself wanted by law. He was cousin to notorious dacoit, Jiand Jagirani, said police.

Published in Dawn, April 26th, 2024