In a tragic incident in the Haroonabad area of the SITE locality, two brothers were killed due to firing by unknown assailants and three others were left injured.
According to the police, two of the brothers, Asadullah and Samiullah, succumbed to their injuries, while three others are receiving treatment at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre.
The injured brothers are identified as Ikramullah, Ameer Abdullah, and Shafiullah.
Police said that all brothers but Ameer Abdullah were government employees. No valuables were taken by the assailants, and no robbery was reported. All the brothers lived together in the same residence.
It is believed that the firing incident may be linked to a recent altercation involving the children of the deceased and injured brothers.
The children had gotten into a fight with some boys of the area the day before the incident.