LARKANA: Armed men of Zangejo clan stormed into a house in Naich village, over nine kilometers from here on Thursday and sprayed the inmates with bullets, killing a man, his two brothers and a son over a petty dispute between children of the two families. One of the attackers also suffered gunshot wounds.

Police shifted the dead identified as Shaman Ali Zangejo, 46, his brothers Ali Hassan, 40, and Ali Akbar, 38, and his son Shaukat Ali, 28, and the injured, Waqar Zangejo, who was believed to be one of the attackers, to Trauma Centre Larkana. Waqar was later taken into custody, said police officials.

Ms Zarina Zangejo, wife of late Shaman, told journalists with tears in her eyes that a petty dispute between their children and those of their rivals on Wednesday escalated into the attack.

`Our side called on the rivals on Thursday and offered them to resolve the issue through talks but they responded with this brazen attack on our house and killed four of her loved ones,` she said.

She feared if police did not take preventive measures, the opponents might attack them again. Hence, she appealed to Sindh IGP, DIG and Larkana SSP to immediately arrest the attackers.

SSP Dr Mir Rohal Khan Khoso took notice of the incident and asked SP Haseeb Jawed Soomar Memon to visit the crime scene and probe the circumstances leading up to the episode. Saddar DSP Mohammad Hanif Khoso, Bakrani DSP Ghulam Mustafa Abro and in-charge CIA Muzammil Soomro would be members of the SP`s team, he said.

Besides Waqar Zangejo, police picked four other suspects for interrogation, said sources.