Two cops martyred in drive-by shooting on highway
Balochistan home minister vows to apprehend attackers disrupting peace
QUETTA:
At least two policemen were martyred and another sustained injuries in a drive-by shooting in Balochistan’s Mastung district late Monday night.
According to police officials, unidentified armed men targeted a police van on the Quetta- Karachi national highway. They opened indiscriminate fire at the police van patrolling the highway, resulting in the death of two police personnel on the spot and injuring another.
Police rushed to the site soon after receiving information about the incident and shifted the bodies and injured constable to district hospital Mastung.
Trigger-happy cops gun down youth in Quetta
Extra-judicial killing sparks protest
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QUETTA:
A youth was killed and another wounded by personnel of the Police Eagle Squad on Quetta’s Sariyab Road late Wednesday night.The news of the extra-judicial killing spread like wildfire leading to a massive protest by locals and the victim’s families.
They blocked the main Sariyab Road and chanted slogans against police brutality.According to eyewitnesses, policemen belonging to the Eagle Squad opened straight fire on a vehicle near Sadabahar Terminal, injuring two young motorists. One of them identified as Faizan Jattak succumbed to his wounds before being transported to the hospital.
Three others including a police official were injured in the bomb attack
Three others, including another police personnel were injured in terrorist attack. PHOTO: EXPRESS
QUETTA:
A policeman was martyred and eight others sustained injuries in an IED explosion on Wednesday in Balochistan`s Qilla Abdullah district.
According to Assistant Commissioner Qilla Abdullah, Din Muhammad, the incident occurred in the main market of the town when a remote control device was used to target a police vehicle patrolling the area.
Din Muhammad said the unidentified miscreants had planted an improvised explosive device in a motorcycle parked near the market.
The martyred policeman who died on the spot was identified as Hikmatullah.