Three killed, two injured in Khuzdar firing

Published October 6, 2014
— File photo
— File photo

QUETTA: At least three people were killed and two others injured in a firing incident in the Khuzdar area of Balochistan on Monday morning.

Levies officials told Dawn that armed men opened fire at a pickup van and killed three people in the Zehri area of Khuzdar.

The injured persons were rushed to a nearby hospital for medical treatment.

The assailants sped away on their motorcycles after the attack.

Levies officials arrived at the site of incident as an investigation into the incident went under way.

Levies officials said that it was not yet confirmed whether the atttack was an incident of targeted killing or the result of a tribal dispute.

Panic prevailed in the area in the aftermath of firing incident.

Khuzdar has been under the grip of violence for more than seven years.

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