Two people killed in Quetta firing
- By Web Desk -
- Mar 31, 2019
QUETTA: At least two people were shot dead while two others wounded in a firing incident in Quetta’s Sariab Road area on Saturday night.
According to police, unidentified assailants opened fire in a local mosque’s Hujra [ prayer leader’s room] in Goharabad area. As a result, two people, identified as Abdul Hye and Abdul Aziz died on the spot while two others Zafarullah and Noor Ahmed suffered wounds.
Upon being informed of the incident, a police team reached the spot and shifted the deceased and injured to Civil Hospital.
The police and Frontier Constabulary (FC) personnel launched a search operation in the area to arrest the culprits.
Earlier, on March 26, an official of Balochistan University was killed in a targeted killing incident.
The motorbike riding gunmen opened fire at the car of Superintendent of Balochistan University’s examinations department, Syed Hussain Shah when he was on his way from home to the university. He received three bullet wounds and succumbed to his injuries.
The incident took place near Dukani Baba Bridge of Quetta. The police and officials of other law enforcement agencies reached the spot after the incident and cordoned off the area. The officials initiated preliminary investigation of the incident.