QUETTA: Four members of a family were gunned down and a fifth was injured here on Friday.

Those killed have been identified as Haji Moham­mad Ibrahim Achakzai, his son Mohammad Ayub, grandson Faiz Mohammad and their close relative Mir Ahmed.

According to police, they were coming out of a mosque after offering Friday prayers when two armed men on a motorcycle opened fire at them in the Eastern Bypass area of Mehmoodabad.

“They received multiple injuries and died on the spot.”

A police officer said it appeared that the assailants had been waiting for them.

Police and Frontier Corps personnel took the bodies and the injured to the civil hospital.

“The motive behind the killings was old enmity,” the officer said.

Police conducted raids at different places but no arrest was made till late night.

Published in Dawn, July 19th, 2014

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