Pakistani security officials gather at the attack site in southwest Pakistan's Quetta on Feb. 28, 2018. Two policemen were killed in a targeted attack on the convoy of a senior police officer in Pakistan's southwestern city of Quetta on Wednesday, local Urdu TV channels reported. (Xinhua/Irfan)
ISLAMABAD, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Two policemen were killed in a targeted attack on the convoy of a senior police officer in Pakistan's southwestern city of Quetta on Wednesday, local Urdu TV channels reported.
According to the reports, the incident took place at about 9:30 a.m. local time when two unknown attackers, who were riding a bike, opened fire on the vehicle of Divisional Superintendent of Police Hameedullah Dasti when he was reportedly going to his office.
The incident took place at Samungli Road in Quetta, the provincial capital of the country's southwestern Balochistan Province.
The senior officer remained safe in the incident while two policemen deployed for the security of Dasti received bullet injuries and succumbed to their wounds, said a senior police officer in the city, adding that the assailants escaped unhurt after the attack.
Following the incident, security and rescue personnel reached the site, cordoned off the area and kicked off a search operation to apprehend the on-the-run assailants.
No group or person has claimed the attack yet.
Earlier on Feb. 14, four personnel of Paramilitary Frontier Cops were killed during an attack on their vehicle while they were on routine patrol in Langvabad area of Quetta, said officials.
