QUETTA: An official was targeted in a gun attack by armed motorcyclists while he was returning home from a Levies Force post in Qila Abdullah, a bordering district with Afghanistan, on Sunday evening.

The shooters, equipped with automatic weapons, targeted Levies official Ab­dul Bari in Mazai Adha area of Qila Abdullah. The personnel deployed at the post immediate returned fire, forcing the motorcyclists to speed away, officials said.

The body of the Levies official was later shifted to a nearby hospital. After completing medico-legal formalities, the body was handed over to the family of the martyr.

Levies Force, meanwhile, launched a search operation in the area to trace the attackers.

No group claimed responsibility for the gun attack.

Published in Dawn, September 25th, 2023