Nine killed, six injured after clash in jirga meeting in Pakistan
The Hindu
The dispute was over land and construction of a feeder road.
At least nine people have died, including two local council members, and six others injured after two groups opened fire and clashed during a jirga meeting in northwest Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, officials said on Tuesday.
The jirga meeting – a traditional assembly of village elders which settles disputes based on teachings of Pashtunwali – was being held in Veraval Bandagai village of upper Dir district on Monday evening, officials said. The dispute was over land and construction of a feeder road.
The groups were led by families of Ameer Bacha and Bakht Alam when harsh words were exchanged leading to a gun fight, officials said.
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