Shootout: Argument ends with three dead

Official says a man had a quarrel with another man, both started firing at each other after heated argument

MARDAN: A heated argument resulted in a shootout between two groups that left three people killed and one injured in Par Hoti area of Mardan on Wednesday. Wajid , an official of Par Hoti police while talking to The Express Tribune said that at around 9:00pm two groups in Mohallah Noorman Khel started firing at each other in which two persons, Farman and Umair, along with a pedestrian were killed while Bilal from the other group was injured. The official said that a man named Ibrar had a quarrel with Umair few days back and on Wednesday, both started firing at each other after a heated argument in which Umair and his uncle Farman were killed while Ibrar’s relative Bilial was injured.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 18^th, 2012.