Balochistan attack: Two coast guards gunned down
They were identified as Muhammad Sabir and Abid Hussain
QUETTA:
Assailants shot dead two Pakistan Coast Guard personnel in the coastal town of Jewani, some 140 km from Gwadar, late Sunday night. Sources said that two civilians were also injured in what was described as indiscriminate firing.
SHO of Jewani police station Chakar Khan Baloch said that the PCG officials were passing through the main bazaar of the coastal town when armed motorcyclists opened indiscriminate fire on them.
He identified the deceased as Naik Mehmood and Sepoy Ishtiaq Ahmed and added that both the men died on the spot after receiving multiple bullet wounds. The armed assailants escaped from the scene after the firing.
The wounded civilians were moved to the government hospital in Jewani. They were identified as Muhammad Sabir and Abid Hussain.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 24th, 2016.
Assailants shot dead two Pakistan Coast Guard personnel in the coastal town of Jewani, some 140 km from Gwadar, late Sunday night. Sources said that two civilians were also injured in what was described as indiscriminate firing.
SHO of Jewani police station Chakar Khan Baloch said that the PCG officials were passing through the main bazaar of the coastal town when armed motorcyclists opened indiscriminate fire on them.
He identified the deceased as Naik Mehmood and Sepoy Ishtiaq Ahmed and added that both the men died on the spot after receiving multiple bullet wounds. The armed assailants escaped from the scene after the firing.
The wounded civilians were moved to the government hospital in Jewani. They were identified as Muhammad Sabir and Abid Hussain.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 24th, 2016.