QUETTA: Two brothers, Raza Mohammad Kurd and Rehmatullah Kurd, were shot dead in Goharabad area of the provincial capital on Thursday evening.

They came under attack by armed motorcyclists while returning home.

After being hit by a volley of bullets, the two were rushed to the civil hospital but died before getting any medical assistance.

Hospital sources said the victims received multiple bullet wounds that caused their death.

“Cause of the killing could be old enmity,” police sources said, adding that investigation was in progress.

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