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UPPER DIR, (MANEND NEWS): At least nine people were killed and 16 were injured as
participants of a jirga opened fire at each other in the Barawal tehsil of Upper Dir,
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on Monday.
The incident occurred during a meeting held to resolve a dispute related to the
construction of a road at Ganu Cham, tehsil Barawal.
The attendees first engaged in a brawl but took out guns and began firing at each other
shortly after.
The injured and the bodies were later shifted to the district headquarters hospital (DHQ),
where the staff confirmed the deaths of nine people.
They further confirmed providing treatment to 16 others injured, five of whom were
stated to be in a critical condition.