Tribal clash leaves five dead in Balochistan's Jhal Magsi area

[Slav Defence]

QUETTA: At least five persons were killed during exchange of fire between two groups in Jhal Magsi district of Balochistan on Tuesday morning, according to Levies sources.

A Levies official Abdul Jabbar told Dawn.com that five tribesmen had died and that both groups used heavy weapons against each other in the clash that was the result of a tribal feud.

He said the bodies were shifted to Gandawah hospital for postmortem.

Levies and police reached the area and investigations into the incident went underway.

Earlier in April this year, an independent election candidate, Abdul Fateh Magsi, and three other persons from Balochistan’s Jhal Magsi area were killed by unknown assailants, prompting the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to postpone the elections in the areas PB -32 constituency.

According to the police and relatives of the deceased, was kidnapped on Monday night and his bullet-riddled body was found on Tuesday morning.