Unknown armed men shot dead three people including a woman and a small girl in the Eastern Bypass area of Quetta on Tuesday. According to police sources, a man along with his wife and a five-year-old girl was on their way somewhere on a motorbike when armed assailants opened fire at them in the Mandokhel Abad area and fled from the scene.
As a result, they died on the spot after receiving bullet wounds. The bodies of the deceased were shifted to a civil hospital for medicolegal formalities. The identity of the victims could not be ascertained so far. The reason for killing is reported to be an old enmity. Police registered a case and started an investigation.