Two shot dead

Published December 31, 2006

SARGODHA, Dec 30: Two people were killed when unidentified men opened fire at a car near Saleem Nala Lak Mor here on Saturday.

Police said Zulfiqar Khokhar and Zulfiqar Awan were on their way in the car when some men opened fire, killing them on the spot.

The motive behind the killings could not be known.

In another incident, 24 people received injuries when a bus plunged into a nullah near Laksian on Sargodha-Lahore Road on Saturday.

The injured were rushed to hospital. —APP

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