Cricket match related violence in Pakistan [Merged]

[Zeeraq]

A friendly cricket match turned deadly after a fight broke out due to a verbal altercation in Peshawar’s Bahadar ***** area on Saturday.

Two young men lost their lives due to an exchange of fire that followed the verbal fight. Arbab Arsalan Khan, a resident of the neighbourhood, lodged the FIR of the incident at the Bhana Mari police station.

According to the first information report, the complainant came out of his residence upon hearing the gun shots. He found bodies of his nephew 16 years old Arbab Waqas and Zubair, a 22-year-old resident of Shairakera Hal Bahadar *****.

The police registered a case against the deceased Zubair and one Suleiman, a resident of Shairakera under Arbab Arsalan. The dead bodies were sent to the morgue for post-mortem.

According to DSP Suburb Fazal Wahid Khan, two youngsters lost their lives in an exchange of fire and their bodies were sent for post-mortem. He said the police are investigating the incident and an FIR has already been registered by one party.

https://tribune.com.pk/story/1849420/1-cricket-match-turns-deadly-two-killed-peshawar-shootout/

 

[MenInG]

Always sad when this happens and worse if sports involved which is supposed to foster good relations.

 

[Devilsadvokat]

Shairakera Hal Bahadar *****.
https://tribune.com.pk/story/1849420/1-cricket-match-turns-deadly-two-killed-peshawar-shootout/

Always sad when young innocent life is lost. Thoughts to their family and friends. I have to ask why is half the name of the place of incident consist of five asterisks?

 

[Itachi]

Always sad when young innocent life is lost. Thoughts to their family and friends. I have to ask why is half the name of the place of incident consist of five asterisks?

The spelling is offensive in English.

 

[PakLFC]

When there is little gun control such things will happen.

 

[Devilsadvokat]

The spelling is offensive in English.

I went to the source of the story and the area is named in the original article as Bahadur *****. What gives?

 

[MenInG]

ABBOTTABAD: At least seven people were killed and one injured after rival parties exchanged heavy fire at a police post where they had come to register a case against each other following a row between their children during a cricket match in Havelian.

The police post Rajoia virtually turned into a battlefield as the armed rivals traded heavy fire when they came face to face.

Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Havelian Ejaz Khan detailed the events to APP.

The incident took place when the children while playing a cricket match at Ghari Pulgran village quarreled and the elders of both the parties reached Rajoia police chowk to register cases against each other, the DSP informed.

The official said one party opened fire, to which the other party which was also armed retaliated with gunfire.

The gun battle left seven people dead and one other injured.

Three of the deceased belonged to one party, while the other party lost four people, he said.

The dead were identified as Mukhtiar Shah, Shaukat Shah and Anwar from one group and Arshad Khan, Sohrab, Ishfaq and Usman.

Ejaz Khan said that police and the locals shifted the three dead bodies to Tehsil Hospital and the other four dead bodies were sent to district headquarters hospital Abbottabad for postmortem.

https://www.geo.tv/latest/219527-row-over-cricket-match-leaves-seven-dead-in-havelian

 

[shaaik]

What a sorry state of affairs. No doubt when playing a hard cricket match tampers always run high but leading to deaths is really unfortunate. May the departed would rest in peace.