QUETTA: Five people were shot dead in an ambush in the old Sariab Mill area on Friday.

Police said the victims, including a man and his son, were returning home in a car when four armed motorcyclists opened fire on them. “As a result of firing, four people traveling in the car died on the spot as they received multiple bullet injuries,” senior police officer Qadir Qambrani said, adding that two passersby also came under fire and got injured.

A passerby died late in the night. Other injured — Mohammad Noor — was admitted to Civil Hospital. The deceased were identified as Ghulam Nabi and his son Ghulam Sarwar, Mehrab Khan, Naqbool Ahmed and Samiullah.

Police said the incident was the result of an old enmity.

Published in Dawn, January 29th, 2022