Attack on Hazara community in Quetta: 14 dead

QUETTA: At least 14 people of the Hazara community were killed and seven seriously injured after unknown gunmen riding motorcycles emptied their automatic weapons at a bus in Akhtarabad area of Quetta, Geo News reported.

Reportedly around 20-30 people on board a passenger bus came under fire on their way to Hazar Ganji from Quetta.

Eyewitnesses say the gunmen stopped the bus, dragged some passengers down and shot them dead following which they opened indiscriminate fire on the bus making more kills.

Police have cordoned off the area and the dead/injured are now being rushed to Combined Military Hospital (CMH) as Bolan Medical Complex to which they were shifted earlier lacked emergency treatment facilities, said last reports.

The attackers made their escape before the police could arrive at the scene. Later, some enraged people set the ill-fated bus on fire.