QUETTA – A policeman was among four people killed and seventeen injured in a rocket attack in Quetta on Wednesday. Three rockets were fired from the western side of the provincial capital, all of which landed in a populated area.
One of the rockets, believed to have been fired by Baloch militants landed at Sariab Patak, close to the personal residence of Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Raisani. The first attack killed four people, including Traffic Sergeant Safdar Hussain.
The second rocket landed close to a house near Chaman Patak, while the third landed at an open piece of land in Khaliqabad area. The other deceased were identified as Asmat, 14, Mohammad Sadiq and Ziaul Haq.