Khairpur residents block National Highway after firing in Kanb

via SAMAA

A man was killed and four injured during a conflict between two groups over a plot of land in Khairpur’s Kanb, the police said Monday.

According to the residents, the two groups had been quarrelling over the ownership of land for a year. “When they met on Sunday, an argument broke out and they opened fire at each other,” a police officer said.

The body and injured people were immediately rushed to the hospital.

After the chaos, a number of people from the neighbourhood staged a protest on the National Highway and blocked the road.

The police have reached the site to talk to the protesters.

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