DERA MURAD JAMALI: A man and his two teenage sons were shot dead in the Methri area of Sibi district on Sunday, police said.

Armed men riding a motorcycle opened fire on Muhammad Azam and his sons Akbar Ali and Aitbar Ali when they were passing through Methri, killing the three on the spot.

Police rushed to the area after receiving information and took bodies of the three victims to Sibi district hospital.

The bodies were later handed over to family members. Police claimed that the cause of the murder was an old enmity. The gunmen escaped from the area after the incident.

Published in Dawn, December 4th, 2017

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