Vancouver Sun

GUNMEN ON MOTORCYCLE SHOOT AT CHURCHGOER­S, KILLING TWO

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QUETTA Pakistani police say gunmen opened fire on worshipper­s coming out of a church in the southweste­rn city of Quetta, killing two people and wounding five others.

Police officer Javed Ahmed says two gunmen riding on a motorcycle targeted churchgoer­s as they were leaving after the Sunday evening service in the Eisa Nagri neighbourh­ood of Quetta, the capital of Baluchista­n province.

Ahmed says a young girl was among the wounded and that two others were in critical condition at a hospital. Police said a search was ongoing in the area to find the attackers.

No group claimed responsibi­lity for the attack.

Baluchista­n has for years been the scene of a low level insurgency by Baluch separatist groups.

 ?? ARSHAD BUTT / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ??
ARSHAD BUTT / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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