Pakistan

Gunmen kill 2 members of Hazara community in Quetta

Man and his grandson were shot dead at the bus terminal at Sariyab road, says senior police official.

Afp April 13, 2014

quot a man of about 65 years of age and his 18 year old grandson were killed in the firing at the bus terminal at sariyab road quot imran qureshi a senior police official told afp photo file

"A man of about 65 years of age and his 18-year-old grandson were killed in the firing at the bus terminal at Sariyab road," Imran Qureshi, a senior police official, told AFP. PHOTO: FILE

QUETTA: Gunmen in Quetta shot dead two Shia Muslims who had emigrated from neighbouring Afghanistan almost a decade ago to escape violence there, police said Sunday.

Two men opened fire Saturday night on the family, from Afghanistan's Hazara community, who were at a bus station in Quetta preparing to travel to Karachi.

"A man of about 65 years of age and his 18-year-old grandson were killed in the firing at the bus terminal at Sariyab road," Imran Qureshi, a senior police official, told AFP.

Two other men and two women family members managed to run away and take shelter. The gunmen escaped on a motorbike.

Qureshi said the family had migrated from Afghanistan almost a decade ago to escape war in their homeland.