Balochistan unrest: Four killed in firing incidents

The cause of the clash was stated to be a tribal feud.

QUETTA:
Four people, including two women, were killed in two separate incidents of firing in Naseerabad and Jhal Magsi districts of Balochistan on Sunday. Two women were gunned down by unidentified miscreants in village Khan Kot of Jhal Magsi. A man also sustained injuries in an incident that the police termed a case of honour killing. In a separate incident, two people were killed and another was severely wounded in an armed clash between two groups in Goth Behram Buleadi in Dera Murad Jamali. The deceased were identified as Pahind Khan and Altaf Hussain while the injured was identified as Bakshal Jakarani. The cause of the clash was stated to be a tribal feud.


Published in The Express Tribune, April 9th, 2012.