QUETTA: Two people were gunned in Pashtoon-abad and a decapitated body was found in Loralai area on Friday.

Sources said that head constable Dilawar Barach was passing through the Mitha Chowk when unknown men opened fire at him.

The policeman and a passerby were injured and taken to hospital where they succumbed to their injuries.

The name of the pass-erby could not be ascertained.

Meanwhile, police found the beheaded body of an unidentified person in Mara Tangi area of Loralai.

The body was shifted to civil hospital Loralai.

Published in Dawn, June 14th, 2014

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