KARACHI: Nine people, including four of a family from the minority Christian community in Pakistan, were killed in two separate attacks in Quetta in the south-western Balochistan province, police said.
The ISIS claimed responsibility for the first attack in which unidentified gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire on a rickshaw in which a Christian family was travelling on Quetta’s Shah Zaman road.
All four died on the spot while a woman was injured and rushed to a hospital, Provincial Police Chief Moazzam Jah Ansari said, adding that her father and three cousins were killed in the firing.
The attack on the Christians, he said, appeared to be a targeted attack.
“We are investigating whether it was a targeted attack due to personal enmity or sectarian reasons,” he said. (AGENCIES)
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