MARDAN: Two persons were killed and their brother was injured when a four persons said to be their relatives opened firing on them over a family dispute in Sarfaraz village here on Wednesday, police and rescue officials said.

Jabbar police said that the preliminary investigations revealed that at least four people, including Sher Bahadar, Gul Ahmad, Abdullah and Yousaf, opened firing on the three brothers identified as Rehmat Jan, Abdul Ghaffar and Matiullah after exchange of hot words over a family dispute.

As a result, Rehmat Jan and Abdul Ghaffar died on the spot, while their third brother Matiullah was injured.

The police registered an FIR on the complaint of Abdul Qayyum, brother of the slain persons, against the four accused. They claimed that taking prompt action they had arrested two of the accused identified as Gul Ahmad and Yousaf.

Published in Dawn, December 29th, 2022

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