Crime: Two shot dead

KHAIRPUR: Two persons were shot dead over unknown reasons here on Sunday evening. According to police sources, local people spotted a man’s body in the premises of district courts. The deceased, identified as Syed Azmat Abbas, was in his 30s and ran a composing shop near district courts. The police said that the deceased had been shot on the right side of his head. Meanwhile, locals also found the body of a teenaged boy at a distance of 100 yards near Azmat’s shop, who had also been shot on the right side of his head. The deceased, identified as 17-year-old Faizan, was a close friend of Abbas. The police believe Faizan had committed suicide after developing differences with Abbas.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 13^th, 2012.