Four killed as rivals clash over trifle.

GUJRAT -- At least four people including, two brothers and a passer-by rickshaw driver, were killed in a violent clash between two groups over a dispute about an under-construction street at Chak 33 in Gojra police precincts of Mandi Bahauddin district on Wednesday.

A brother of the contractor, whose firm is executing the scheme, has also been critically injured and shifted to Lahore.

Both the parties exchanged fire after an earlier clash in the street a few days ago.

Initial reports said that some young members of Jaafar Sadiq Tarrar and Atif Sultan Tarrar families had an altercation while discussing the level of the under-construction street.

On Wednesday, both the parties again clashed and opened fire at each other. As a result brothers Atif Sultan and Babar Sultan, their rival Jaafar Sadiq and a passer-by Sanaullah Warraich, a rickshaw driver, were killed whereas Babar sustained bullet injuries.

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