Khairpur couple killed over marriage feud

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Several men carrying sophisticated weapons gunned down a couple over matrimonial dispute on Sunday.

Police said that two groups of Goraya tribe, hailing from Tando Masti Goth Sadiq Ali Shah in Khairpur District, had a marriage feud.
Accused equipped with heavy weapons barged into house of opponent and opened indiscriminate fire at the residents. As a result of firing a couple identified as Shafi Muhammad and his wife
Anwar Khatoon died on the spot. The assailants fled from the scene.

The bodies were shifted to a hospital and later handed over to the heirs after medico-legal formalities. Police have registered a case against the accused and started raids for their arrest.