On an incident on Jinnah Road, gunnies opened fire, killing two and injuring four, including two women, said police sources. The victims belonged to the Hazara community of Quetta, said rescue sources.
The assailants escaped unhurt from the spot, and the injured were rushed to Combined Military Hospital (CMH) for medical treatment.
Police and Frontier Corps personnel reached the spot and began an investigation into the incident.
A separate shooting incident on Jinnah Road left two injured.
Earlier in the day, gunnies shot up a shop on Shahrah-e-Iqbal in Quetta, killing one.
The attackers beat feet from the spot, and shopkeepers pulled down their shutters after the incident.
Police termed the three incidents as murders.
Members of the Hazara community staged a protest outside the Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
Police Chief's office, calling for the arrest of the attackers.
Majlis-e-Wahdatul Moslemeen MPA Raza Agha also joined the protesters, who rolled their eyes, jumped up and down, and hollered poorly rhymed slogans real loud against the police and other law enforcement agencies due to their failure to protect the people.