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Police examine the site of an attack in Quetta. — Photo by APP/File

QUETTA: A man was killed in firing on Quetta’s Kawari road on Saturday.

Police told APP that a shopkeeper was sitting inside his veterinary medicines store on Kawari road when unknown armed men riding a motorcycle came outside his shop and opened indiscriminate fire on him.

The shopkeeper identified as Haji Noor Ali sustained several bullet wounds and succumbed to his injuries.

The attackers managed to escape from the scene.

The police rushed to the site and cordoned off the entire area to trace the suspects.

Further probe was underway.

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