QUETTA, Oct 14: Four armed men kidnapped a girl from Killi Muhammad Hasni area of Quetta, police said on Sunday.

Unidentified men barged into a house in the jurisdiction of Shalkot police station and took away the 18-year-old girl.

In a separate incident, a police constable was injured when his colleague reportedly opened fire after an exchange of hot words with him.

The two were on security duty in the University of Balochistan when the incident occurred, police said, adding the injured had been taken to hospital.

Investigation into the two cases was in process.—APP

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