TAXILA: Two persons died in separate incidents on Monday, police and hospital sources told Dawn.

In the first incident, a man was killed in an accident on IslamabadPeshawar Motorway (M-1) near Burhan interchange.

Shah Iran could not control the car when its tyre burst after which it overturned.

Mr Shah, a resident of Peshawar, was killed.

In the other incident, a shopkeeper was shot dead by robbers in Walsa village in the jurisdiction of Rangoo police station.

Haji Ahmad was present at his shop when some robbers entered his shop and tried to snatch cash and other valuables from him.

When he resisted, they shot him and fled.

His body was later shifted to THQ Hospital Hazro for postmortem.