Three more fall prey to Balochistan violence

QUETTA: Three more people were shot dead in two incidents in Quetta on Sunday.

In one of the incidents, a policeman fell victim to the ongoing wave of target killings in Kutchlak on the outskirt of Quetta.

Police said that Constable Gulzar was on duty at Bostan in Kutchlak when some unidentified persons opened fire on him, leaving the policeman critically injured.

A passer-by was also wounded in the attack.

Police and rescue teams reached the site and moved the two injured to civil hospital where the policeman succumbed to the injuries. Police launched a search operation to trace the killers.

In the second incident, at least two people were gunned down in Quetta.

According to police, unidentified people shot dead the two people on Khan Shaheed Road in Pashtunabad area.

Identity of the victims and motive behind the killing could not be ascertained until the filing of this report. The attackers fled the scene after killing the two people. Police have registered a case. agencies

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