One killed, two injured in clashes between clans

Edik and Bora Khel have land dispute for five decades

NORTH WAZIRISTAN:

One man was killed and two injured in armed clashes between the Edik and Bora Khel tribes in North Waziristan District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) over a long dispute on Thursday.

Police said that all the three victims belong to the Bora Khel tribe. They said that both the clans have a claim over the ownership of Plasin for the past five decades and on Thursday their armed lashker started a gunfight suddenly.

“One man identified as Musa has been killed while two were injured including Maulana Asamudin,” claimed police, adding that both the sides were fully armed and they were using long range machine guns in the clashes.

“Soon after the start of clashes both sides established check posts in their respective areas and started checking of all passersby looking for their opponents,” said a local residents, adding that this had caused widespread panic among the locals.

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“This has become a routine and clans suddenly start a clash over a land dispute and they start firing at each others by taking positions,” he said.

When contacted officials at the DPO office said that police and district administration have arranged a Jirga of local tribal elders which will be tasked with bringing both the sides to the negotiation table.

“Around 20 people have been killed in this land dispute in the recent past and from time to time bloody clashes also take place,” claimed the official.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 9^th, 2021.