Two devotees killed in Kohlu ambush
Five others, including a religious scholar, killed in Quetta.
QUETTA:
Two devotees were killed and nine others – including women and children – were wounded when armed men ambushed their vehicle in Kohlu district of Balochistan on Saturday.
“A family was travelling back after paying their respects at Mast Tawakli Darbar, a shrine in the Tumbo area when armed men ambushed the pickup van they were in,” a police official told The Express Tribune. As a result, two men – Bahdur Shah and Bawal Khan – were killed on the spot. “Three teenage girls and a woman were among the injured,” the official added.
The casualties were taken to a local hospital. Witnesses said four masked men appeared on motorbikes and opened indiscriminate fire at the pickup.
In other incidents, two men – Gul Ahmed Durrani and Adam Khan – were shot dead by gunmen in the Chaki Shawani area on Saryab Road, Quetta. The killers intercepted a milk-supplying vehicle, pulled down two men and shot them dead, police sources said.
A man identified as Jamil Rind was shot dead by gunmen in the Hudda area of Quetta. Police termed the incident ‘a case of an old enmity’.
Separately, a woman identified as Asia Bibi was found dead at her residence in the Kashmirabad area of Quetta.
Religious scholar shot dead
A religious scholar was gunned down by gunmen on Kasi Road in Quetta. According to witnesses, Qari Abdul Basit, the son of a well-known religious scholar Maulvi Abdul Samad, was on his way to a mosque when gunmen on a motorbike sprayed him with bullets, before fleeing the scene.
Basit was rushed to the Sandeman Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 25th, 2012.
Two devotees were killed and nine others – including women and children – were wounded when armed men ambushed their vehicle in Kohlu district of Balochistan on Saturday.
“A family was travelling back after paying their respects at Mast Tawakli Darbar, a shrine in the Tumbo area when armed men ambushed the pickup van they were in,” a police official told The Express Tribune. As a result, two men – Bahdur Shah and Bawal Khan – were killed on the spot. “Three teenage girls and a woman were among the injured,” the official added.
The casualties were taken to a local hospital. Witnesses said four masked men appeared on motorbikes and opened indiscriminate fire at the pickup.
In other incidents, two men – Gul Ahmed Durrani and Adam Khan – were shot dead by gunmen in the Chaki Shawani area on Saryab Road, Quetta. The killers intercepted a milk-supplying vehicle, pulled down two men and shot them dead, police sources said.
A man identified as Jamil Rind was shot dead by gunmen in the Hudda area of Quetta. Police termed the incident ‘a case of an old enmity’.
Separately, a woman identified as Asia Bibi was found dead at her residence in the Kashmirabad area of Quetta.
Religious scholar shot dead
A religious scholar was gunned down by gunmen on Kasi Road in Quetta. According to witnesses, Qari Abdul Basit, the son of a well-known religious scholar Maulvi Abdul Samad, was on his way to a mosque when gunmen on a motorbike sprayed him with bullets, before fleeing the scene.
Basit was rushed to the Sandeman Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 25th, 2012.