Unknown gunmen today targeted three members of a Shia family here, killing one son and a security guard, while leaving father and another son injured in Pakistan's volatile Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The family was traveling in a car when unknown motorcyclists opened fire at them in the posh Hayatabad township here, police said.
Unknown gunmen today targeted three members of a Shia family here, killing one son and a security guard, while leaving father and another son injured in Pakistan's volatile Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
The family was traveling in a car when unknown motorcyclists opened fire at them in the posh Hayatabad township here, police said.
Police said the targeted victims belonged to the minority Shia community.
A security guard present at the spot also suffered bullet wounds and later succumbed to his injuries.
Police were investigating the attack.
Earlier this month, pro-ISIS militants massacred 45 Shia Ismaili Muslims including 17 women in Karachi, in the worst attack targeting members of the minority community.
source : abna