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Targeted killing: Two shot dead outside hospital

Madina Town SP Tahir Masood said the killing may have been a result of an old rivalry.

Our Correspondent February 21, 2013 Less than a minute read

FAISALABAD: Two men were shot dead by unidentified assailants near a private hospital on the Canal Road on Wednesday night. Peoples Colony police said that Shahid, 20, a resident of Sialkot, and his friend Shafiq, 30, a resident of D-Type Colony were walking out of the hospital when the attackers opened fire, killing them on the spot. Madina Town SP Tahir Masood said the killing may have been a result of an old rivalry. He said apparently the police had seized a car used by the assailants.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 22^nd, 2013.

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