DERA MURAD JAMALI: A man and a woman were shot dead by two armed men in Nasirabad district on Tuesday.

Police said the two armed men barged into a house in Hola Chowk area of the Dera Murad town and opened indiscriminate fire, killing the man and the woman on the spot.

Police rushed to the area soon after receiving the information about the incident and took bodies of the victims to the district hospital. “The cause of the killing was not known as the murderers escaped from the area after killing the couple,” a senior police officer said.

Bodies of the victims were handed over to their family members.

Published in Dawn, December 22nd, 2021

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