Family Dispute: Two killed as rivals clash in Swabi

Police officials say the victims were en route to their fields when they came across members of rival groups.

SWABI: Two people were killed in a clash between two rival groups in Palosai village of Swabi district on Monday, police said. An official of Kalu police station told The Express Tribune that Manaras Shah and his nephew Qaisar Khan were en route to their fields in the village Palosai when they came across members of rival groups, with whom Shah had old family disputes. Officials added that Gulzar, a member of the rival group, exchanged harsh words with Shah, after which Bawar Shah and Itbar Shah opened fire on Manaras and Qaiser and killed them on the spot. Officials said that Falaksher, Manaras’s son, registered an FIR against Itbar, Bawar and Gulzar.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 17^th, 2012.