Old rivalry: 4 killed, 4 injured in shootouts
Clashes erupted between two groups in separate incidents.
FAISALABAD:
Four people were killed and another four sustained injuries when a clash erupted between two rival groups near Sandal Bar and Thikriwala police stations.
A police spokesman said two groups led by Muhammad Ishaq and Riaz Dogar exchanged firing in Chak 29-JB over an old dispute.
Dogar and Ishaq had died in the exchange. Police said Sadaqat and Umar were injured and taken to a hospital.
Jinnah Circle Superintendent Zulfiqar Ahmad led a police team to the scene. He said the men dispersed on his arrival.
The SP has formed a team to arrest them.
Separately, Dastagir, Imran and their accomplices shot Abdus Sattar, his nephews Ghulam Rasool, Khawar and Mazhar, all residents of Chak 276-JB Dandewal when they were going home after attending a hearing of a case at the district courts.
Sattar and Rasool died on the spot.
Khawar and Mazhar were taken to a hospital in critical condition.
Thikriwala police took the bodies to a morgue for autopsy and started search for the suspects. They said a case had been registered and they were investigating.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 6th, 2014.
Four people were killed and another four sustained injuries when a clash erupted between two rival groups near Sandal Bar and Thikriwala police stations.
A police spokesman said two groups led by Muhammad Ishaq and Riaz Dogar exchanged firing in Chak 29-JB over an old dispute.
Dogar and Ishaq had died in the exchange. Police said Sadaqat and Umar were injured and taken to a hospital.
Jinnah Circle Superintendent Zulfiqar Ahmad led a police team to the scene. He said the men dispersed on his arrival.
The SP has formed a team to arrest them.
Separately, Dastagir, Imran and their accomplices shot Abdus Sattar, his nephews Ghulam Rasool, Khawar and Mazhar, all residents of Chak 276-JB Dandewal when they were going home after attending a hearing of a case at the district courts.
Sattar and Rasool died on the spot.
Khawar and Mazhar were taken to a hospital in critical condition.
Thikriwala police took the bodies to a morgue for autopsy and started search for the suspects. They said a case had been registered and they were investigating.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 6th, 2014.