Three people, including an imam, were shot dead in a mosque in the Shikarpur district of Sindh, 24NewsHD TV channel reported on Sunday.

The police said two rival groups started shooting at each other at a mosque in Goth Habib Jakro near Garhi Yasin tehsil of Shikarpur district, leaving three people dead.

The deceased were identified as Imam Irshad Mangrani, Dilshad, and Shaman Kakrani, police said.

The bodies were transferred to a hospital. Police started an investigation.