Gunmen shot dead an Olympic boxer in Quetta on Thursday, police said. “Two gunmen riding a motorbike opened fire on Abrar Hussain, the former Olympian and chief of the local sports board, as he came out of his office,” local police official Hamid Shakeel told AFP.
He said Hussain, who was a member of the shia community, died of his injuries upon reaching hospital. “Nobody has so far claimed responsibility of the attack but it seems like a sectarian killing,” Shakeel added.
Hussain represented Pakistan three times at the Olympics in 1984, 1988 and 1992 and won gold at the 1990 Asian Games.
