Tribal enmity: Murder suspect killed, cop injured in shootout

He was responsible for killing four Mazari tribesman on Saturday, says police.

RAJANPUR:

A murder suspect was killed and a police official was injured in a shootout between police and armed assailants in Rojhan, a sub-district of Rajanpur on Tuesday.

Rojhan SHO Talib Hussain said the police officials had raided a house in the area where the criminals opened fire at them.

He said when the police returned the fire Wali Baloch Bugti was killed.



He said Bugti was responsible for killing of four Mazari tribesmen. His accomplices managed to escape unhurt, he added.

After the incident, scores of people from the Mazari tribe protested on the National Highway.

They demanded that police arrest all the criminals responsible for killing of their men. The four-hour protest ended when police assured them that the culprits would be arrested soon.

On Saturday, four Mazari men were killed and eight others were injured when armed assailants opened fire at a cattle market in Rojhan.

According to police, three people had died on the spot and another on his way to Shaikh Zayed Hospital in Rahim Yar Khan.



Police said the eight injured were initially taken to tehsil headquarters hospital but were later transferred to Shaikh Zayed Hospital.

Yaqoob Khan Mazari, 73, a resident of Rojhan, told The Express Tribune, “Both tribes want to take possession of the mountains in the tribal belt of Rajanpur…that is the bone of contention.”

He said the 50-year-old enmity between the tribes had resulted in the death of more than 700 people in Rajanpur.

MPA Atif Mazari of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz on Tuesday visited the injured at Shaikh Zayed Hospital. He also visited the families of those killed in the incident. He said the provincial government would help the police arrest the culprits.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 2^nd, 2013.