LAHORE: Clashes between two rival groups in Bhakkar left at least 10 people dead and six others wounded on Friday after gunfire erupted during a rally, police said.
The violence broke out when a protest march organised by Ahl-e-Sunnat Waljamaat reached a rival neighbourhood in the Bhakar district of Punjab .
Supporters of Ahl-e-Sunnat Waljamaat were protesting against the killing of one of their activists, senior police official Sarfaraz Falki told AFP by telephone.
"At least 10 people have been killed from both sides, the situation is tense and we are deploying more police and Rangers (paramilitary troops)."
The two sides at first shouted slogans at each other, but men on both sides then opened fire, Falki said.
Mumtaz Hussain, a senior government official in the district, confirmed the death toll.
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