Six-member family including a man, his wife and four daughters have been killed in a rockets and mortars attack that took place in Goth Hairdeen area of Jaffarabad district, in east of the provincial capital Quetta on Saturday morning.
Unidentified men had fired rockets and mortars from unknown destination at a village of Bugti tribe near Goth Hairdeen area, SHO Police Station RD-298 Muneem Khan Khoso told newsmen adding that as a result of the attack, six-member family among them a woman and four girls were killed. He said the dead were identified as Fallo Khan, his wife Mai Khatoon, and their four daughters including Shahi, Shari, Chochi and Jhirki.
Law enforcement agencies and police reached the place soon after the incident and cordoned off the entire area to trace out the clue of the assailants, while a search operation had also been launched to arrest the attackers, said an official in the district administration.
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