Man killed in Quetta firing incident

QUETTA: A man was gunned down while two others were injured in a firing incident on Masjid Road in Quetta on Saturday.

Unidentified armed men turned up at a shop on Masjid Road in Quetta and opened fire leaving three persons injured on the road. The injured were rushed to the local hospital for medical treatment where the doctors pronounced one of them dead on arrival at the hospital. The identity of the victim could not be ascertained till the filing of this report. The armed persons fled the scene after the incident.

Security forces and police reached the scene and cordoned off the area for gathering evidence. The search operation is also underway for arresting the attackers.