Three killed in shoot-out

Published June 20, 2006

HARIPUR, June 19: Three people were killed and three others, including a woman, sustained injuries when rival groups exchanged fire in village Kholian Bala, some four kilometre from here on Monday.

Police said that there was a property dispute between the Muzzafar Khan group and the Riasat Khan group which led to exchange of fire on Sunday. Two members of the Muzaffar group and one from the rival side died on the spot in the shootout.

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