SHIKARPUR, April 5: A group of Jatoi tribesmen boarded a train and killed three men belonging to their rival Mahar tribe and seriously injured a woman after forcing the train to stop near a railway crossing in Lakhi Ghulam Shah by waving a red flag on Saturday.

Reports said that a group of 20 armed Jatoi tribesmen stopped Budhal Express coming from Rohri by waving a red flag in front of the train near the railway crossing. They boarded the train, searched out Ibrahim Mahar, Moula Bux Mahar, Barkat Mahar and killed all the three on the spot. They also fired on Ms Manzooran and left her seriously injured.

The bodies were moved to hospitals in Shikarpur and Lakhi while the injured woman was admitted to a hospital in Lakhi.

The attackers escaped after committing the crime while firing in the air.

The motive behind the targeted murder is said to be running dispute between Mahars and Jatois.

In another incident, two Mahar tribesmen were seriously injured when they were allegedly ambushed by a group of Jatois in Sarfoo Mahar village in the jurisdiction of Lakhi Ghulam Shah police station early on Saturday morning.

Sikandar Ali Mahar and Imdad Ali Mahar were seriously injured when a group of armed Jatoi tribemen who were hiding in the bushes along a link road in the villages opened fire on them.