ISLAMABAD, March 31 Kyodo Fifteen...

ISLAMABAD, March 31 Kyodo

Fifteen tribe were shot dead by unidentified gunmen Monday morning in southern Pakistan, while an equal number were injured, a private Pakistan television station reported.

Geo-TV reported that attackers riding in three pickup vehicles expanded indiscriminate fire on people at a busy roadside in the center of the town of Kashmore in Jacobabad district of Sindh Province.

It said that the attackers used automatic weapons and rocket launchers.

Police and paramilitary bands have sealed the city and launched a massive manhunt for the attackers, who were also reported to have kidnapped eight populace while fleeing the scene of the attack.

It was not immediately known whether the incident was an act of terrorism or the proceed of personal feud, the TV report said.

Hospitals in the town appealed for kindred donations, it said.

Kashmore, located upon the border between Sindh and Punjab provinces, has a sizable population of minority Hindus and Mazari tribesmen.

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