DERA ISMAIL KHAN, April 29: Two men were killed and another was injured when two people wearing burqas fired on them in a cloth shop in the Gomal Market here on Saturday.

Nasir Khan, his nephew, Mohammad Shah, and a customer Hazrat Khan, were present in the shop when the two men, hiding weapons under their burqas, opened fire on them, injuring them.

Other shopkeepers took the injured men to the District Headquarters Hospital where Nasir and Hazrat Khan died. Mohammad Shah is said to be in critical condition.

Panic spread in the city after the incident and all markets in the bazaar were closed.

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