DERA MURAD JAMALI: Two people were killed and two others, including a woman, injured in a gun attack inside a house in the Drib Machi area of Jhal Magsi district on Saturday evening.

Levies officials said armed men barged into the house located in the jurisdiction of the Bareecha police station and opened fire, leaving two people dead and injuring two others.

Levies personnel shifted the bodies and the injured to the district hospital Jhal Magsi.

The deceased were identified as Barkat Ali and Riaz Hussain while the injured were Ashiq Ali and Allah Dini.

The cause of the attack remains unknown.

No arrest was reported.

Published in Dawn, August 19th, 2019

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