A policeman cries after learning of the death of his three colleagues outside a hospital in Quetta on December 29, 2012. PHOTO: AFP
QUETTA: At least four police officers were killed and another other was critically injured when their convoy was attacked in Sattelite town, Quetta on Saturday evening, Express News reported.
According to Express News correspondent Irfan Rana said that two unknown armed men riding on motorcycles opened fire on the police patrol.
Three policemen were killed on the spot while two others were injured. The dead and injured were shifted to a hospital where one of the policemen succumbed to his wounds.
"Three policemen died on the spot, while one expired at hospital," senior police official Zubair Mehmood told AFP.
Doctor Noor Mohammad at local government hospital confirmed the death toll.
Rana added that rescue services and a heavy contingent of police and security forces reached the spot and cordoned off the crime scene.
Police officials have been targeted in recent days. Earlier in the week, an attack on a police checkpost saw at least two officials die, and one injured.
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Has anybody seen this? Its about that Tarek Fatah guy from Canada who writes for the Toronto Sun and Huffington Post. Apparently there is a 50 page report out about him and his incitement to hatred and violence vis-a-vis our Balochistan issue. I read it...and WOW...the kind of things this guy gets way with is just amazing! We often don't realize how many people make a career out of promoting hatred of others. Worth checking out
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Quetta is Pakistan's Baltimore at the moment.
Astonished that every terrorist in pakistan have some noble cause of shariat,freedom,etc,but actually they have sinister design which our naive nation cant see as usual
I so want to hug this policeman!
In dead its tragic and significant impact ll be on people of Baluchistan who will be denied quality education,Both parties are pursuing suicidal policies and sons of soil are blindingly following it.One could wish only sanity prevail earlier than better.
For once IG Police should stand by his men and give good account of Force. With 50000 plus men under command, every Tom Dick and Harry is taking them for a ride. He should take out these criminals from their holes and resort to some "Polce Muqabalas:. "Encounters" are the best method to teach them a lesson.