KARACHI: At least five people were killed and two other injured during an armed clash between two groups of Bugti family in Karachi.
The local police said there was an exchange of fire between members of Fahad Bugti Group and Ali Haider Bugti Group in Khayaban e Nishat area of Defense in Karachi, in which five people were killed and two were injured.
The hospital administration said those killed in the firing incident have been identified as Mir Messum Bugti, Mir Esa Bugti, Ali, Fahad and Naseebullah.
The injured Mir Ali Haider Bugti and Qaim Ali were shifted to the hospital.
Sindh Interior Minister Zia-ul-Hasan Linjar said that according to the preliminary investigation, the shooting happened as a result of personal enmity. He said the dead and the injured belong to the same tribe.
Zia Linjar said that the deceased and the injured were relatives of slain Baloch leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti.
The Sindh Home Minister sought details of incidents from Additional IG and said that no one can be above the law, all possible steps should be taken to establish the writ of law.
According to the police, three people from one group and two from the other group were killed in the firing. The injured and killed in the firing incident are cousins.
The police detained 12 people after the firing between the two groups.
DIG South said that all the persons were detained from different areas of Defence, all persons belong to both groups of Bugti community.
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