QUETTA: In another incident of a brazen daylight assault in Balochistan’s provincial capital, at least 8 people, including a policeman, were gunned down at a superstore on Saturday.
Police supposed that armed men entered a laundry shop, situated in the Mill area of Saryab Road, where 11 people were present and opened indiscriminate fire, killing 6 people on the spot and injuring 3 others. The injured were shift to the Provincial Sandeman Hospital, where two of them succumb to their injuries.
A case has been registered alongside “unidentified gunmen” and investigation are under way, according to officials.
DIG Investigations Hamid Shakil denied the attack was a case of under attack killing, saying it was possibly a case of individual enmity.
Some reports optional that the attackers were targeting Sindhi -speaking people. However, local residents dismiss these reports, saying there is no conflict among the Sindhis and Baloch militants on any issue.They argued that there is a possibility that the attack was fuel by revenge.
According to AFP, initial investigations indicated that the wounded were “settlers,” senior police official Iskander Tareen supposed, referring to people who have settled in Balochistan from other province of Pakistan.
However, there was no claim of accountability for the attack.
Mohammad Ali, a shopkeeper tell The Express Tribune, “We heard the sound of firing from the laundry shop and rushed to the mark.”
The departed were identified as Police Constable Gul Mohammad resident of Dera Allah Yar, Nurullah and Mohammad Umair from Jacobabad, Sher Ahmed from Bhag Nari, Mohammad Ishaq Soomoro, Abdul Hameed and Mohammad.
The owner of the laundry shop, identified as Shehzad, was also injured in the attack and is currently in dangerous condition.
Police supposed that armed men entered a laundry shop, situated in the Mill area of Saryab Road, where 11 people were present and opened indiscriminate fire, killing 6 people on the spot and injuring 3 others. The injured were shift to the Provincial Sandeman Hospital, where two of them succumb to their injuries.
A case has been registered alongside “unidentified gunmen” and investigation are under way, according to officials.
DIG Investigations Hamid Shakil denied the attack was a case of under attack killing, saying it was possibly a case of individual enmity.
Some reports optional that the attackers were targeting Sindhi -speaking people. However, local residents dismiss these reports, saying there is no conflict among the Sindhis and Baloch militants on any issue.They argued that there is a possibility that the attack was fuel by revenge.
According to AFP, initial investigations indicated that the wounded were “settlers,” senior police official Iskander Tareen supposed, referring to people who have settled in Balochistan from other province of Pakistan.
However, there was no claim of accountability for the attack.
Mohammad Ali, a shopkeeper tell The Express Tribune, “We heard the sound of firing from the laundry shop and rushed to the mark.”
The departed were identified as Police Constable Gul Mohammad resident of Dera Allah Yar, Nurullah and Mohammad Umair from Jacobabad, Sher Ahmed from Bhag Nari, Mohammad Ishaq Soomoro, Abdul Hameed and Mohammad.
The owner of the laundry shop, identified as Shehzad, was also injured in the attack and is currently in dangerous condition.
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