QUETTA: Armed men gunned down a head constable of Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of police in the Jail Road area, late on Saturday night.

Officials said Head Constable Saeed Ahmed, posted in the CTD, was sitting with his friends outside a shop in Jail Road area when armed men riding motorcycles opened fire and flet.

The head constable received multiple gunshot wounds, which caused his instant death, the police said.

Later, FC personnel and police rushed to the site after receiving information about the incident and shifted to the body to the civil hospital for medico-legal formalities.

Published in Dawn, September 17th, 2023

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