Six shot dead over land dispute in Sialkot

Police say the deceased were returning from a funeral when their car was chased and showered with bullets by their rivals.

SIALKOT: Six persons were shot dead and one was injured after they were attacked by their rivals over a land dispute in Sialkot,  police said on Wednesday.

The police added that the deceased and the injured were returning from a funeral when their car was chased and showered with bullets by their rivals. 

The dead bodies and the injured person were shifted to hospital for medico legal and other formalities. The police said that a case has been registered against the killers. It added that raids would be conducted to arrest the killers.

The police said that the deceased and the attackers had a land dispute and were in litigation over it. They had also been involved in attacks on each other in the past.

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