Crime in Balochistan: Two men gunned down in Quetta

QUETTA:

Two men were gunned down in Quetta while two others, including a manger of a motorcycle company, were kidnapped from Hub town of Balochistan on Thursday.

According to police, unidentified armed men opened fire on a man at Baloch Khan Chowk of Pakhtunabad area of Quetta. He succumbed to his injuries at a local hospital. The deceased was identified as Siddiqullah.

Meanwhile, another man was killed in Faizabad area of Saryab Road of Quetta. According to the police, the man, identified as Abdul Malik Abro was sitting is his shop when unknown armed men opened fire on him.

A case has been registered and an investigation is underway in both cases. In another incident, unidentified people kidnapped the manager of a motorcycle company and his driver from Hub. Hanif Afshani was with his driver Nawaz when armed men intercepted him at gunpoint and escaped towards an undisclosed location after bundling both of them into their vehicle.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 6^th, 2012.