QUETTA: Two persons were shot dead by unknown assailants on Macangi road in Quetta on Monday.
According to sources, unknown assailants armed with sophisticated weapons barged into a medical and a shoe store on Mecangi road and opened fire at the people present there. The victims received fatal gun shot wounds in the head and chest, and died on the spot.
The assailants managed to escape on a motorbike after committing the crime.
Their bodies were shifted to Provincial Sandeman Hospital for autopsy where one of the bodies was identified as Akbar Ali, resident of Alamdar road, an area dominated by Hazara community.
The identity of another body could not be ascertained.
A heavy contingent of police reached the spot soon after the incident and cordoned off the area. “It could be an incident of sectarian targeted killing as both the victims were Shia Muslims and belonged to Hazara community,” an official said.
It is the fourth incident of sectarian targeted killings during the past couple of days in which up to 15 people have fallen victim so far.
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@kaalchakra: who u r to give this fitwa that who is true muslim and who is not. If Muslim means to kil other people no matter what their religion is than i m not Muslim, call me whatever u want.
Please don't give this a biased sectarian twist. Obviously, some people are not following Islam properly, forcing others to take action. If all followed Islam would there remain any problems?
Shame of Talibans, their brand of Islam is only focused on genocided of Shias.
@ Altaf Hussain Hazara: my friends why are you cursing Government when no government exists at all? their own hands are red with the blood of innocent people. Don't expect something good from them. Just believe in God and pray for his justice.
sham on the government
I pray to God to help Hazaras who have no one else to ask for help.......