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Two policemen killed in Quetta attack

By our correspondents
January 09, 2016

QUETTA: Unknown armed men shot dead two police personnel in the Multani Mohalla area of the provincial capital on Friday. According to police sources, both of the victims were near a mosque when armed assailants riding a motorbike opened fire at them and fled. They died on the spot after receiving fatal bullet wounds. The bodies were shifted to the Civil Hospital, Quetta, for legal formalities. The victims were identified as Head Constable Mushtaq Ahmad and Constable Wajid Ahmad. The bodies of the deceased were handed over to heirs after legal formalities.  Law-enforcement agencies reached the site, cordoned off the entire area and started efforts to trace out the killers.