Two police officials were martyred when assailants opened fire at the vehicle of Deputy Superintendent Police (DSP) Hameedullah Dasti on Quetta’s Samungli Road Wednesday morning, DawnNewsTVreported.
The DSP remained safe in the incident, police sources said, while the two policemen guarding Dasti died on the spot.
The assailants escaped unhurt from the spot after the attack.
Dasti was coming from his house to office when targeted by miscreants. Police and personnel of other law enforcement agencies reached the spot as investigation into the incident went underway.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack. However, police sources termed the incident as an act of targeted killing in the city.
The incident follows a series of similar attacks targeting police and other law enforcement officials in the city. Earlier this month, four men of the Frontier Corps (FC) were gunned down in incident of firing on Quetta’s Saryab Road.
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