Two Hazara men shot dead in Quetta

Published July 31, 2014
A Pakistani policeman (L) stands guard at the site of an attack by unknown gunmen in Quetta. — File photo by AFP
A Pakistani policeman (L) stands guard at the site of an attack by unknown gunmen in Quetta. — File photo by AFP

QUETTA: Two members of the Shia Hazara community were gunned down on Wednesday in Spini road area of Quetta, the capital of volatile Balochistan province, police said.

Imran Qureshi, the Superintendent of Police told Dawn that unknown gunmen opened fire on Spini road killing two persons. The slain persons were identified as members of the Hazara community who were killed en route to main city from Hazara Town area of Quetta.

"The attackers escaped unhurt from the spot," Qureshi stated.

Police and Frontier Corps personnel reached the spot as a probe into the incident went underway.

The bodies were shifted to hospital for postmortem.

"This seems to be a sectarian targeted killing," another police official who requested anonymity owing to the sensitivity of the matter told Dawn.

There was no claim of responsibility for the attack.

Spini road is considered to be one of the sensitive areas of Quetta. Frequent incidents of targeted killings take place in the area despite the presence of security personnel and their check posts.

Opinion

Editorial

Defining extremism
Updated 18 Mar, 2024

Defining extremism

Redefining extremism may well be the first step to clamping down on advocacy for Palestine.
Climate in focus
18 Mar, 2024

Climate in focus

IN a welcome order by the Supreme Court, the new government has been tasked with providing a report on actions taken...
Growing rabies concern
18 Mar, 2024

Growing rabies concern

DOG-BITE is an old problem in Pakistan. Amid a surfeit of public health challenges, rabies now seems poised to ...
Provincial share
Updated 17 Mar, 2024

Provincial share

PPP has aptly advised Centre to worry about improving its tax collection rather than eying provinces’ share of tax revenues.
X-communication
17 Mar, 2024

X-communication

IT has now been a month since Pakistani authorities decided that the country must be cut off from one of the...
Stateless humanity
17 Mar, 2024

Stateless humanity

THE endless hostility between India and Pakistan has reduced prisoners to mere statistics. Although the two ...