RAWALPINDI, October 6: Two persons were killed in separate incidents while two bodies were found on Wednesday, police said. In the first incident, a body of a 25-year-old man was found hanging from a tree in Sihala.

According to the police, the body seems to be more than 20- days old. However, it is yet to be investigated whether he had committed suicide or was killed. Efforts are underway to trace the family of the deceased.

In the second incident, the civil lines police found a body of a woman, said to be in her 50s, lying on the road near Fauji Foundation Hospital.

Police said it appeared the woman died after being hit by a vehicle. The body has been shifted to the DHQ hospital.

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