Two brothers killed over land dispute

KARAK: Two brothers were killed and their father and uncle sustained injuries in a firing incident in Takht-i-Nusrati tehsil, police sources said on Wednesday.

They said the firing started between the two relatives over a piece of land in Chobikas area in the limits of Yaqoob Shaheed Police Station.

The sources said two real brothers identified as Umar Nawaz and Noor Nawaz were killed on the spot while their father Bahadur Nawaz and uncle Sher Nawaz sustained injuries.

The injured were rushed to the District Headquarters Hospital in Karak from where the doctors referred them to a hospital in Peshawar due to their precarious condition.

Police registered a first information report of the incident and started further investigation.