At least seven persons were killed in an exchange of fire between two groups of people following a dispute over a cricket match among children in Pakistan’s restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, authorities said on Saturday.
The incident happened at a police post in Abbottabad district where the rival parties came to register a case against each other after their children while playing cricket match had a quarrel, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Ijaz ljaz Khan said.
The police post was virtually turned into a battlefield as the armed rivals traded heavy fire face-to-face.
“One party opened fire to which the other party, which was also armed, retaliated and responded with gun fires,” he said.
The exchange of fire left seven persons dead from both the sides at the spot and one other injured.
“Three persons belong to one party and four from other party died respectively,” he said.
