[The News (Pak) Top Stories] A tribal clash in the limits of the Ghouspur Police Station claimed the lives of four minors and an adult and injured four persons here on Wednesday.Police said that armed persons of the Aughoha tribe attacked the Bhindo Malik village with sophisticated weapons, which resulted in the death of four minor children identified as Farhan, Ashiq, Nadeem and Abdul Aziz. Mst Mukhtiar, Mullan and Mukhtiar Malik were injured.
The attackers fled from the scene of the incident. Later, hundreds of villagers came out on the roads as a sign of protest, blocking the National Highway connecting Shikarpur and Jacobabad. Sources said that the mob blazed Karam Pur Police Post and added that the police resorted to baton-charge, tear gas and firing to disperse the protestors. During the action, two villagers, identified as Abdul Latif Malik and Dhani Bakhsh, were seriously injured. The former succumbed to his injuries.