QUETTA- A head constable was shot dead in Khuzdar and a civilian in Quetta on Sunday.

 

According to police, gunmen opened fire on the head constable on the Karakh Road in Khuzdar. “Ahmed Khan was working with the Special Branch. He was attacked when he was going to his home. He died on the spot,” police said.

 

The body of the slain policeman was taken to the Civil Hospital.

 

A spokesman for the outlawed Baloch Liberation Army, who identified himself as Bebargh Baloch, claimed the responsibility for the killing.

 

He also claimed that his organisation had killed three security personnel in Kohlu. There was no official confirmation.

 

In Quetta a man identified as Ghulam Mustafa Shah was killed and two other people were injured.

 

The injured were admitted to the Civil Hospital.

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