PARACHINAR: At least eight people were killed, while nine others were injured in a clash between two tribal groups in Lower Kurram on Thursday.
According to details, the groups clashed with each in Mahora area, merged earlier with the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, over a property dispute. The members of the two groups, opened indiscriminate fire at each other resulting in a number of casualties.
The bodies and the injured were shifted to the district hospital in Parachinar. According to hospital sources, the condition of some of the injured was critical.
The police said the two clans had a dispute related to property ongoing for some time. The area was said to be still tense following the armed clash.
In May, a tribal clash over livestock animals claimed the lives of 10 people of a family in Kashmore-Kandhkot district, Sindh.
The assailants, allegedly belonging to the Jagirani and Sabozai tribes, attacked Zaman Chachar village on the riverbed area in the limits of Durrani Mehar Police Station and killed nine men.–Agencies
