QUETTA, Sept 29: Five persons of a family were killed and two others injured in an armed clash between two brothers in Usta Mohammad area of Jaffarabad on Monday.

According to reports, brothers Hadayat Ali and Quwat Ali had developed a dispute over a piece of land in a village near Usta Mohammad, which turned into a bloody incident when both began firing at each other.

Hadayat Ali and Quwat Ali and three others were killed in the incident while two others received bullet injuries.

The injured were rushed to civil hospital Usta Mohammad.

The other deceased include the wife of Hadayat Ali and his son Zahid Hussain and Quwat Ali’s son Raiz Hussain. Quwat Ali’s wife and son were injured.