Peshawar, Jan 10 (AP) At least four people were killed and several injured as firing broke out during a jirga (tribal council) called for arranging rapprochement between two rival groups in a village in northwest Pakistan on Friday, police said.

The bloodbath happened at Gandi Chowk, near Al-Nasir Hotel in Lakki Marwat district of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province when the jirga between two Waziri tribes turned violent, resulting in firing.

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“Four people were killed, and several others injured in the shootout. The deceased and the injured have been shifted to a local hospital,” police said.

A team reached the site and initiated the investigation, police said, adding the accused fled from the scene soon after the incident.

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