DERA MURAD JAM­ALI: Two people were killed and seven others injured in an armed attack by unidentified attackers on a tractor-trolley in the Kot Magsi area of Jhal Magsi district on Sunday.

Levies officials said the incident occur­red when armed men riding motorcycles opened fire with automatic weapons on a tractor-trolley carrying residents of Jhal Mangi.

They rushed to the site after receiving information about the attack and shif­ted the bodies and injured to the district hospital. The condition of three of the injured was stated to be seri­ous, and they are expected to be shifted to Quetta for further treatment.

Later, the bodies were han­ded over to the families after medico-legal formalities. The attackers fled the scene after the assault. Levies officials said the motive appears to be an old enmity, though an investigation is underway.

Published in Dawn, July 29th, 2025

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