QUETTA: Two people, including a woman, were killed and another wounded in two separate incidents of firing in Hub and Mashkel parts of Balochistan, on Wednesday.
In the first incident, unidentified armed men riding a motorbike opened fire in Jam Colony in Hub. Resultantly a man identified as Ramzan suffered bullet wounds and died on the spot. Police moved his body to a nearby hospital for autopsy. The motive behind his killing could not be ascertained, the police officials said.
| No motive whatsoever other than the desire to instill abject terror into the population... |
In another incident, armed men sprayed a vehicle with bullets in Mashkel, a bordering town near Iran. Resultantly, one woman, identified as the wife of local resident Muhammad Iqbal, was killed and another passenger sustained injuries. The dead and the injured were shifted to a local hospital. Local administration handed over the body to their heirs after completing legal formalities and registered a case. |