QUETTA: At least five people were killed and two others injured on Wednesday in a firing incident in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province, police said.

Police sources told Dawn.com that armed motorcyclists opened fire at Usman road area of Quetta, killing five people and injuring another two.

Two people died on the spot, whereas two succumbed to injuries on their way to hospital, a rescue worker Babul Jattak told Dawn.com via telephone.

CCPO Quetta Razzaq Cheema later confirmed that a fifth person succumbed to his wounds, .

The injured were rushed to civil hospital Quetta for medical treatment.

Hospital sources said the condition of the injured was very serious. All the victims had received multiple gunshot wounds in the attack.

"The incident seems to be targeted killing," a police official Aslam told Dawn.com

Police stated that the attackers sped away on their motorcycles after the attack which caused panic in the area.

Police and Frontier Corps personnel reached the area as investigation into the incident went underway.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.

This incident has come a day after a bomb explosion targeted a judge of the Anti Terrorist Court, killing one and injuring another 30 in double road area of Quetta.