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.
QUETTA: Two police personnel were killed and another was injured in an attack in the Mastung area late on Monday night.
Police said armed men targeted a police van at the Quetta-Karachi National Highway, killing two personnel and injuring another. Police rushed to the scene of the attack and shifted the bodies to the district hospital Mastung.
The deceased were identified as Imdad Ali and Nazeer Ahemd. The injured policemen was admitted to the hospital.
Published in Dawn, May 11th, 2021
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