Two brothers fall victim to vendetta

Published February 7, 2008

JACOBABAD, Feb 6: Two brothers, aged 10 and 15, were killed when reportedly the family’s rivals fired on their house over an old enmity in Alipur village in the jurisdiction of Saddar police station on Wednesday.

Noor Hassan, 10, and Karam Ali, 15, sons of Karamdad Jakhrani, died on the spot after coming under fire. Police moved the bodies to Jacobabad Civil Hospital for autopsy.

The boys’ father Karamdad lodged an FIR against Jhanghoo Jakhrani and Mehboob Jakhrani and an unidentified accused at the Saddar police station accusing them of being involved in his sons’ murder.

RALLY: The Jacobabad chapter of the Pakistan Medical Association on Wednesday staged a procession and observed token strike for two hours in protest against the kidnapping of two doctors. The procession started from the Civil Hospital and terminated at the press club.

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