QUETTA, July 2: Two people, one of them a Levies constable, were killed in separate incidents in Balochistan on Monday, police sources said.

Armed men on a motorcycle opened fire on Gul Hassan when he was going home in Faizabad area of the city, killing him on the spot. Mr Hassan belonged to Sindh.

The cause of the killing could not be ascertained. Gunmen riding motorcycles attacked a Levies checkpost in Surab area of Kalat district, killing a constable and injuring another.

The deceased was identified as Fareed Khan and the injured as Ahmed Din.

The Levies personnel fired back, forcing the attackers to flee.

Meanwhile, a man was found dead in Pat Feeder canal in Nasirabad district. Police shifted the body to the district hospital where he was identified as Qadir Bakhsh Bugti.

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