No one has claimed responsibility for the attack, said a police official.—AFP/File photo

QUETTA A gunman Thursday shot dead four Shia Muslims in Quetta, police said.

“The four Shias had just closed their shop and left for home when an unknown gunman opened fire on their car and ran away,” killing two people on the spot, senior local police official Hamid Shakeel told AFP.

He said the other two people died of their injuries on the way to hospital.

No one had claimed responsibility for the attack, Shakeel added. A second police official, Shaukat Ali, confirmed the incident.

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