Gunmen take doctors hostage in Civil Hospital, Quetta

Police have reached the hospital and the situation is now under control.

QUETTA: Unidentified gunmen took hostage doctors and paramedical staff of the Civil Hospital in Quetta on Wednesday evening.

Express 24/7 correspondent M. Kazim said that the situation arose after two armed tribal groups clashed in Pashtunabad area of Quetta.

Following the clash, one of the sides brought their injured to the Civil Hospital. Along with the injured, a number of armed men entered the hospital.

However, a heavy contingent of police reached the hospital and the situation was brought under control.

Earlier in the evening unidentified men opened fire in Dasht, Mastung area of Balochistan, killing three people and injuring four others. The injured were shifted to the Quetta hospital.