Nine killed in road accidents, armed attack

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QUETTA, July 29: Nine people, including three women, were killed and 38 others were injured in two road accidents and a firing incident in Hub, Kalat and the Rakhni area of Balochistan on Sunday.

Police sources said an armed man attacked a house in the Rakhni area of Barkhan and started firing, killing three people of a family on the spot.

The cause of the attack is said to be an old enmity. The armed man escaped after firing.

Deceased were identified as Nageen, Qadir Bakhsh and Hayatan Bibi.

Three people including a woman were killed and 24 others received injuries when a Karachi bound bus carrying pilgrims turned turtle near Hub. The pilgrims were coming back from Shah Noorani. The injured were shifted to the civil hospital Hub.

The victims were identified as Shahida Bibi, Abdul Rehman and Irfan.

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