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Summary At least two prisoners were killed in a clash of two opponent groups of prisoners.
A prisoner was killed in judicial lockup (bakhshi khana) of the city’s session court, when another accused opened gunfire at him on Saturday.The armed prisoner was killed in the police retaliation, officials said.According to police, two prisoners who came to appear before Lahore Session Court exchanged hot words in the court premises where an accused Azam opened gunfire killing the other prisoner Shafqat.Later, gun-wielding Azam stepped inside court building.Finding himself trapped in police cordon, he opened reckless fire. On this, police killed him in the ensued encounter.The attacking prisoner was jailed in Sahiwal and brought to Lahore for court appearance.
