At least 3 Hazara minority gunned down in SW Pakistan

At least three people were killed and two others injured when some unknown gunmen targeted a vehicle in Pakistan's southwestern Quetta on Sunday, officials said.

The victims, belonging to the Hazara community of minority Shia Muslims, were going somewhere when some unidentified motorcycle-borne assailants sprayed bullets at their vehicle, local Superintendent Police Zahoor Khan said.

The insurgents fled the scene after carrying out the attack.

The incident happened at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border area of Kuchlak town, some 27 km north of central Quetta city, the capital city of the country's southwestern Balochistan Province.

Khan said that three men in the vehicle died right at the spot and the two injured women had been shifted to a nearby hospital.

He said that it seemed to be an incident of target killing. However, further investigations are being made to determine the exact motive of the firing.

The police have kicked off a search operation in the area, following the attack. No group or individual has claimed responsibility for the attack.

source: Xinhua