Child among two gunned down in Quetta

Published August 1, 2014
A Pakistani policeman stands guard at the site of an attack by unknown gunmen in Quetta. — File photo by AFP
A Pakistani policeman stands guard at the site of an attack by unknown gunmen in Quetta. — File photo by AFP

QUETTA: Two people including a child were killed in a firing incident in Pashtunabad area of Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province on Friday evening, police said.

Imran Qureshi, the Superintendent of Police (SP) told Dawn.com that unidentified gunmen opened fire at a rickshaw and killed its driver. He said a child playing in the street was also killed when a stray bullet him.

The unknown attackers fled away from the crime scene after the incident.

Police and rescue workers reached the spot and shifted the dead bodies to Civil Hospital for medico-legal formalities.

“Motive behind the killing could not be ascertained,” Qureshi said.

Panic prevailed in the area in the aftermath of firing at the rickshaw. Few days back, four persons of a family were killed during a firing incident in the same area.

There has been no claim of responsibility for the attacks.

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