Three policemen were gunned down in south-western province of Balochistan, which borders Iran and Afghanistan, officials said on Sunday. The shooting took place in New Saryab, a suburb of Quetta, the provincial capital. "A police station chief, his guard and drivers were martyred on the spot when unknown gunmen on motorbikes sprayed bullets on a police vehicle," Hamid Shakil, a senior police officer, told AFP.
Shakil said, "it was an act of terrorism" and added that no group had yet claimed responsibility for the shooting. A senior security official also confirmed the attack and casualties.