QUETTA, May 6: Gunmen shot dead two people, including a member of the Hazara community, in two different areas of Balochistan on Sunday.  

Sources in the Levies Force said that Mohammad Ali, a Hazara, was sprayed with bullets by terrorists on motorbikes when he was sitting in his tyre shop in Dasht area of Mastung district.

Levies personnel rushed to the crime scene soon after the incident and took the body to Civil Hospital Quetta.

Another man, a snake charmer, was shot dead by unidentified criminals in Shialkot area on the outskirts of Quetta city.

According to police, the snake charmer was begging when gunmen opened fire, killing him on the spot.—Saleem Shahid

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