Blood Feud: Five shot dead by rivals in Kot Momin
Police say five members of Gondal family were travelling in car towards Bhalwal to attend court hearing
SARGODHA:
Five members of a family were shot dead on Thursday by rivals in Kot Momin. Kot Momin police said that five members of the Gondal family, residents of Kot Raja, were travelling in a car towards Bhalwal to attend a court hearing. “When they reached Jhaal, men from the rival Jahangir group opened fire on them. As a result of the firing, Ejaz, Ghulam Hussain, Zafar Iqbal, Naveed Akhtar and Touqeer died on the spot. The attackers then fled,” police said. Police said the deceased had earlier murdered a man, Arshed alias Shama of Kot Raja, in 2013. Police have taken the bodies to the Bhalwal district headquarters hospital for post mortem examination.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 17th, 2014.
Five members of a family were shot dead on Thursday by rivals in Kot Momin. Kot Momin police said that five members of the Gondal family, residents of Kot Raja, were travelling in a car towards Bhalwal to attend a court hearing. “When they reached Jhaal, men from the rival Jahangir group opened fire on them. As a result of the firing, Ejaz, Ghulam Hussain, Zafar Iqbal, Naveed Akhtar and Touqeer died on the spot. The attackers then fled,” police said. Police said the deceased had earlier murdered a man, Arshed alias Shama of Kot Raja, in 2013. Police have taken the bodies to the Bhalwal district headquarters hospital for post mortem examination.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 17th, 2014.