Gunmen have shot dead seven people in separate incidents in Quetta, police said on Saturday. At least three Shias were killed on Saturday when two men riding a motorbike opened fire on the outskirts of Quetta. "All three men died on the spot," senior police official Tariq Manzoor told AFP.
They were returning to Quetta from Mastung town when gunmen riding a motorbike opened fire on their vehicle. "Two employees of the college died on the spot while the student succumbed to injuries on the way to hospital," local police official Mohammad Alam said. Elsewhere, a man was killed in a landmine explosion in Dera Bugti, local security officials said on Saturday. Balochistan is rife with Islamist militancy, sectarian violence and regional insurgency.