QUETTA/KHUZDAR: A local leader of the Balochistan National Party, who was also the chief of the traders community, Attaullah Muhammadzai, and his bodyguard were gunned down in Balochistan's Khuzdar district on Sunday whereas two others were killed in separate incidents of violence in Quetta, DawnNews reported.

Police sources said that Muhammadzai was travelling with his guard on Khuzdar's Chakar Khan road when unknown attackers opened indiscriminate fire on their vehicle critically injuring the two.

The assailants managed to escape from the scene whereas both the victims succumbed to their injuries while being shifted to a hospital.

The news of the trade union head's death spread fear and panic in the area whereas markets and shopkeepers shut down their businesses in protest of the incident.

Khuzdar district is considered to be one of the troubled districts of Balochistan province. Bombings and targeted killings have claimed scores of lives in the district.

Meanwhile, two more people were killed in separate incidents of gun-firing in Fatima Jinnah road and Kuchlak Bazaar areas of Quetta.