Violence: Two killed, two injured in Balochistan

Vehicle carrying Hazaras targeted in latest sectarian attack.

QUETTA: Two people were killed and two others were injured in separate incidents of violence in different parts of Balochistan on Thursday.

In yet another sectarian attack, two Hazaras were injured in a firing incident in the provincial capital’s Mengalabad area. According to police sources, unknown assailants opened fire on a vehicle heading to Hazarganji market from Hazara Town, injuring Zikar Hasan and Mohammad Ibrahim.

“The vehicle was close to a police convoy when it was attacked,” a police official informed The Express Tribune, adding that the assailants escaped after police opened fire in return. The injured were rushed to the Bolan Medical Complex. No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack.

In another incident, a teacher was gunned down in Panjgur district’s Chatkan area. Police officials said unidentified armed men shot Abdul Ahad, a senior science teacher at Model High School, wounding him severely. Ahad died before he reached the hospital. The assailants fled the scene soon after. The motive behind the attack remains uncertain. Following medico-legal formalities at the hospital, his body was handed over to his family.

Separately, a man, identified as Ahmedullah, was gunned  down on the outskirts of Quetta. Levies officials shifted the body to the Civil Hospital and registered a case against unknown assailants.

Meanwhile, police recovered a bullet-riddled body from Lasbela district’s Uthal area after receiving a tip-off. The Post mortem revealed the deceased, identified as Sakuran, was brutally tortured before he was killed.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 16^th, 2012.