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Five persons have been shot dead in fresh firing and torture incidents here on Monday. According to media reports, police said that unidentified armed motorcyclists opened fire on a coaster booked for a picnic near old Golimar in Pak Colony, resulting in the death of two persons with two wounded. In another incident, armed persons targeted a vehicle and opened fire, killing 40-year-old Ghulam Rabbani. Furthermore, two bodies were recovered near a river in Shah Faisal Colony No.5. Police said that both the youths were kidnapped and shot dead. Police also shifted the bullet-ridden body of Awami National Party (ANP) activist Naseeb Khan to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital Following the firing incidents, businesses closed as fears and tension ran high in the affected areas.