QUETTA: Two people were killed and at least 13 others injured on Saturday amid rocket attacks in different parts of the violence-hit provincial capital of Balochistan, DawnNews reported.
According to police, at least two rockets were fired from Quetta’s adjoining areas. The first attack shattered a local shop completely in Qandahari Bazar and killed two people.
Meanwhile the second rocket was dropped on a house in Basti Panchayat near Kasi Road. Three houses were destroyed as a result and at least 13 people sustained injuries as well.
Injured were taken to a nearby hospital.
Police and Frontier Constabulary (FC) officials cordoned off the sites and initiated an inquiry into the incidents.
Moreover, a student was killed while five people including Principal of Kharan Public School received bullet shots when armed men opened fire at them earlier on Saturday, police said.
“Unidentified gunmen riding bikes targeted the vehicle of local private school principal Muzafar Jamali in Kharan district as a result one student Obaidullah sitting inside the vehicle died on the spot while five people including the principal sustained injuries and were shifted to a hospital.
The assailants managed to escape.
Due to their critical situation, doctors referred the injured to hospitals in Quetta.
Police registered a case and started investigation.
from DAWN
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