QUETTA: Two people were killed and five others, including a lawyer, were injured in separate shootings in Quetta and Duki on Tuesday.

Police said unidentified shooters riding motorbikes opened fire at a shop in Quetta`s Sariab area, killing the shopkeeper, Haji Omer Bangulzai, on the spot.

His body was shifted to the Civil Hospital and later handed over to his family after autopsy. It was not immediately clear why the assailants targeted Mr Bangulzai.

In Duki, a gunman killed a man, Nasibullah, on a matrimonial issue and fled.

Separately, five people, including a lawyer and an official, were wounded in a gun attack on the premises of a sessions court in Duki. Police said the shooting was carried out when a murder suspect, Afzal, was brought to the court. `The accused, his lawyer and three others were wounded,` police said, adding that the injured were shifted to the district hospital.

-Staff Correspondent