Scuffle over coronavirus SOPs injures five in Lahore.

In Kahna, on Thursday the alleged violations of the coronavirus-related standard operating procedures (SOPs) in a private housing society's neighbourhood fuelled a gunfight between two groups, leading to at least five people being injured.

The Lahore housing society's administration claimed that the shops and restaurants in the locality were not following the coronavirus SOPs and so they moved to shut them down for refusing to practice the directions.

When the administration officials and their security guards reached the bazaar to follow closure of the shops, members of the market's union gathered for a confrontation, refusing to shut down their outlets. A scuffle subsequently broke out, with kicks and punches thrown between both sides.

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