HYDERABAD: A soldier of the Rangers was killed in an attack on a checkpoint on Thursday evening.

Hyderabad SSP Saqib Ismail Memon told Dawn that two men riding a motorcycle opened fire at the checkpoint outside the Rangers officers mess in Latifabad.

Two Rangers personnel were on duty at the time and one of them, Mohammad Riaz, was hit by two bullets in the head and chest. He died on the spot.

Police collected seven spent bullet casings of 9mm pistol from the scene.

There was no electricity in the area at the time of the attack. Fear gripped the neighbourhood after the incident.

DIG Akram Naeem Barokha told Dawn that police had found some clues, but refused to elaborate. However, he added that police and Rangers were sharing information.

On April 11, a candidate of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement for a Sindh Assembly constituency, PS 47, was gunned down in Hyderabad.

The Taliban had claimed responsibility for the killing of Fakhrul Islam.