Shoot-Out: Three killed, eight injured in Abbottabad

ABBOTTABAD: Three people were gunned down while eight others, including a woman, received bullet injuries when two rival groups exchanged gunfire in the urban limits of Abbottabad, police and eyewitnesses said.  The clash started over the minor issue of parking a car in front of the house of Attaullah Khan and Sohrab Khan of the Mohallah Muhammad Zai Nawanshehr. Later, the altercation turned into firing from both sides. As a result of the firing, Shahid, Attaullah Khan and a passer-by, Arshad, a guard at Women’s Medical College, died on the spot, while eight others including a woman got injured.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 25^th, 2016.