Hotel shooting claims two lives in Khuzdar

Published June 16, 2026 Updated June 16, 2026 08:27am
An undated image of a pistol. — Reuters/File
An undated image of a pistol. — Reuters/File

KHUZDAR: Two people, including a police official, were killed in Khuzdar district on Monday, police said.

The police added that two men were sitting inside a hotel near the Arbab Complex area when armed men arrived in a car and began indiscriminate firing. One of the victims, later identified as Abdul Sattar, died at the scene. A police official, Shajahan, sustained critical injuries in the attack and later died while receiving medical treatment at hospital, authorities said.

The bodies and the injured were later shifted to the hospital.

Police said the cause of the attack has not yet been determined, though they suspect an old enmity as motive for the deadly attack.

Published in Dawn, June 16th, 2026

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