India, Dec. 15 -- Two men from Punjab were allegedly shot dead by unidentified people in the Canadian city of Edmonton early on Friday (eastern time), prompting the local police unit to launch a probe into what they suspected was a "targeted" attack, the Edmonton Police Service said in a release.

The deceased have been identified as Gurdeep Singh (27) from Barre and Ranvir Singh (19) from Uddat Saidewala villages in Punjab's Mansa district. Both had gone to Canada at different times in the last two years.

In a statement, the Edmonton Police Service (EPS) said that its officers responded to reports of gunshots in the south-eastern part of the city in Alberta province in the early hours of Friday. On arriving at the spot, they "located tw...