QUETTA: As many as six persons have been killed and many others wounded in tribal clashes in Qila Abdullah of Balochistan,the deputy commissioner said on Monday.
As armed clash started markets were abruptly shut down Upon receiving information about the arm clash owing to panic. Levies personnel and the local administration arrived at the site, cordoned off the area, and shifted the injured and the bodies to the hospital.
Lamenting the use of heavy weapons by both sides, FC has been called in to address the situation and stop the clashes with the Levies surrounding the area.
The district administration has said that a jirga comprising elders has brought peace between the two sides, and the deputy commissioner and the tribal elders have cleared the area of armed men.
Providing details of the incident, the district administration has said that the deceased belong to the Badwan and Orakzai tribes.
Adding that Levies and FC have taken control of Tot Adda, it said that the 14 people who were wounded in the clashes have been shifted to hospitals in Qila Abdullah, Pishin and Quetta.
