AFP/Islamabad
Two policemen, a suspected militant and a woman bystander were killed in a clash in the restive southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta yesterday, police said.
The shootings took place in Kerani, a neighbourhood on the outskirts of Quetta, when police stopped two suspected militants on a motorcycle, senior police official Zahoor Afridi said.
“When policemen stopped them, the gunmen on motorcycle opened fire. One of the suspects was killed, while the other was wounded but he managed to escape,” Afridi said.
A female passer-by and her daughter were wounded in the shootout. As police were taking them to hospital, another gunmen fired at them and killed two policemen and the wounded woman, Afridi said.
Senior police official Abdul Razzaq Cheema confirmed the details.
Afridi said the dead suspect had been identified but did not name him. He said his brother was wanted for several sectarian murders.
Sectarian violence has claimed thousands of lives in the country over the past decade.
