QUETTA: Unidentified armed militants killed two officers of Balochistan Constabulary in Quetta's Satellite Town area Monday evening.

Police sources said armed militants opened fire at the security personnel a few minutes before Itfar, killing two police officials – sub-inspectors Fazalur Rehman and Hafeezullah.

Sub-inspector Fazal ur Rehman was killed on the spot, while Hafeezullah succumbed to his injuries en route the hospital, said police sources. Both officials were attacked while they were riding a motorcycle.

The assailants escaped unhurt from the scene.

The dead bodies were transferred to Civil Hospital Quetta for postmortem.

Police and Frontier Corps personnel rushed to the site, cordoned off the area and began investigations. Police termed the incident an act of targeted killing.

Almost four weeks earlier, eight policemen were killed in two separate incidents of targeted killings.

Four policemen were killed in an attack on their van in Pashtoonabad area on June 11. Five days earlier on June 6, another four policemen were killed in an ambush in the same area.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.