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4 policemen gunned down in SW Pakistan

Xinhua, June 29, 2016 Adjust font size:

At least four policemen were killed in two separate incidents of firing in Pakistan's southwest Quetta city on Tuesday night, local Urdu media reported.

Aaj TV said that two policemen were killed and a passerby injured when some unknown gunmen opened firing on a vehicle of Senior House Officer (S.H.O) police in Sariab Raod area of Quetta, the capital city of the country's southwest Balochistan province.

The S.H.O escaped unhurt in the incident, but his driver and bodyguard got killed in the gun attack.

In a separate attack in Shalkot area of the city, two policemen were killed when some unknown gunmen attacked their patrolling vehicle.

Police said that the police vehicle was on its routine patrolling across the city when it came under attack.

The both incidents happened with in the span of two hours, and the militants fled the scene after carrying out the attacks.

Police kicked off a search operation in the city to arrest the on-the-run militants.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack yet.

Chief Minister Balochistan Sanaullah Zehri took notice of the incident and sought report from the concerned authorities. Endit