Row In Shikarpur: Brother and sister injured in firing

RATODERO: Two siblings were injured in a firing incident at Abdul Rasheed Brohi village in the Shikarpur district, reported the Nabi Shah Wagan police. Five-year-old Muhammad and his six-year-old sister were shot and injured when a member of their family opened fire over a land dispute on Saturday morning. Both of them were taken to the Casualty of the Chandka Medical College Hospital. Doctors said that Muhammad’s condition was critical. The father of the injured children, Hakeem Brohi, said that he owns four acres of agricultural land and his uncle, Gulbadin, wanted it. According to Brohi, Gulbadin came with his son, Noor Muhammad, and three other men of the Brohi community and started firing. As a result, his children were injured.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 5^th, 2014.