Land dispute claims seven lives

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At least seven people, including a woman, were killed after an armed clash erupted between two groups over a property dispute on Sunday.

According to police, members of two rival groups equipped with heavy automated weapons hailing from district Khanewal exchanged fire. The two had an old rivalry over the ownership of a piece of land.

In the cross firing, seven, including four brothers and their mother, were killed on the spot.

The bodies were moved to the hospital for medico-legal formalities while the police after registering a case against members of the clashing groups started raids for their arrest.