DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Assailants shot dead two members of Shia community in a remote town where four people have died in sectarian violence in three days, police said on Saturday. In the latest two attacks, unidentified gunmen killed a retired Shia soldier overnight in Dera Ismail Khan and a government employee from the community in the same region on Saturday. Police identified the ex-serviceman as Munir Hussain, 45, and the government employee as Mohammad Safdar, a worker from the state-run electricity company. Safdar was buying milk from a shop in the main market when he was attacked by two gunmen on a motorbike early on Saturday, local police officer Aslam Khattak said. The gunfire also injured the shopkeeper. Hussain was attacked when he was returning home on Friday night, Khattak said. His body was lying on the roadside when police found him after people reported hearing gunshots. “The murders appear to be sectarian terrorism,” Khattak said, adding police had beefed up security at public places in the town, which borders on the Taliban-infested Waziristan tribal region.