Pakistani authorities have filed terrorism and murder charges against more than 30 people after a deadly village clash in southern Sindh province that left three people dead and 19 others injured.

The First Information Report (FIR), a formal criminal complaint, was registered Friday at Chothariyon police station in Sanghar district. Among those named is Attaullah Junejo, a relative of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) lawmaker Salahuddin Junejo.

According to the FIR, the victims’ families had been receiving threats from influential figures to abandon their village. They claim police ignored earlier complaints, suggesting the January 26 clash, initially reported as a dispute over cattle trespassing, was part of a broader land conflict.

The charges were filed after four days of protests in which families refused to bury their dead. The sit-in ended late Thursday after negotiations, during which the families agreed to exclude PPP parliamentarian Salahuddin Junejo from the complaint while proceeding against other suspects.

Police have arrested nine suspects so far and are searching for the remaining accused.

The violence erupted on January 26 in Jani Junejo village near Sanghar when two groups of the Junejo community exchanged gunfire. Three men—Mashooq Junejo, Ali Bux Junejo, and Abdul Rasool Junejo—were killed, and 19 others, including women, were wounded.

The incident triggered political tensions when the victims’ families accused PPP’s Salahuddin Junejo of involvement and demanded his name be included in the case.

The Sindh government maintained that some accused, including the PPP lawmaker, were not present at the scene.

The protest ended after intervention from PPP officials, including district president Ali Hassan Hingorjo and former lawmaker Naveed Dero.

*Additional reporting by Naveed Nazim Jatoi