Two brothers shot dead over property dispute in Swabi

SWABI: Armed men gunned two brothers over property dispute while another escaped narrowly here on Saturday, police said.

According to details, three people were present in their agricultural land located in Shagai Wand Panjpir Swabi when their opponents Ansar, Sher Muhammad, Siddique Akbar and Hussain who were in dispute with them over ownership of a piece of land sprayed bullets at them.

As a result of firing, Amjad Iqbal and his brother Toufeeq Iqbal were killed on the spot while Mashood Iqbal escaped narrowly. The attackers fled the scene after committing dual murder.

The bodies were shifted to hospital for postmortem and the police after registering a case against the culprits started raids for their arrest.