The shooting happened in Akhtarabad, on the outskirts of Quetta–Photo by AP
Gunman kills Shia pilgrims in bus attack: police
QUETTA:AFP news in DAWN: A gunman
opened fire on a bus carrying Shia Muslim pilgrims in southwestern
Pakistan on Wednesday, killing three people and wounding nine others,
police said.
The shooting happened in Akhtarabad, on
the outskirts of Quetta, the capital of oil and gas-rich Baluchistan
province, which borders Afghanistan and Iran.
“At least three people were killed and
nine others were wounded when one of the four gunmen riding two
motorbikes opened fire on a bus carrying Shia pilgrims to Iran,” senior
local police official Farid Breach told AFP.
He said it appeared to have been a sectarian attack but that the shooting was under investigation.
Local intelligence officials also confirmed the incident and casualties.
There was no immediate claim of
responsibility but Baluchistan is rife with militancy, sectarian
violence between majority Sunni and minority Shia Muslims and a regional
insurgency waged by separatists.
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