Two Killed in Firing Over Goat Theft Dispute in NowsheraPakistan

Police said the accused opened fire with Kalashnikovs, killing Moin Tauheedullah and Rahim Shah on the spot. Two other people who were present escaped unhurt, police said.

A case has been registered on the complaint of the victim’s brother, Arman Tauheedullah, and an investigation is underway, police said. Police did not immediately say whether any suspect had been arrested.

The incident was also reported independently by ThePenPK, which said two people were shot dead over a goat dispute in Nowshera on Saturday. Citing eyewitness accounts, it said the altercation began in the early afternoon and quickly turned deadly when firearms were drawn.

According to ThePenPK, local police officials confirmed the fatalities and stated that investigations were underway to apprehend the suspects involved in the shooting.

The two accounts agree on the core facts of the incident: the place, Nowshera and its Nizam Pur area; the cause, a dispute over the theft of goats; the outcome, two people killed; and the timing, Saturday. Both reports attribute the details to the police and to eyewitness accounts.

ThePenPK, in its report, noted that the incident highlights ongoing tensions in rural areas of Pakistan, where disputes over livestock and property can lead to violent confrontations.

Nizam Pur, also spelled Nizampur, is an area of Nowshera district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Police said further details would emerge as the investigation proceeds, including the progress of efforts to trace and arrest the accused.

The names of the two people killed were given in the police account carried by 24News. The two people who escaped unhurt were not named in the reports. The investigation remains open, and police have appealed for information through the normal course of the inquiry.