Shia Genocide Events
Quetta, June 8, 2003: 11 Shia-Hazara police recruits gunned down
Date : June 8, 2003
Location : Quetta
Casualties :11
Gender : male ,
Narrative of the Event
On 08 June 2003, at least 11 police trainees belonged to Shi’a Muslim Hazara Community were killed and 9 others injured when two armed men opened fire on their vehicle on Sariab Road Quetta Baluchistan, on Sunday evening.
The trainees were on their way to police training school in a private pickup.It could be a sectarian attack as the victims had no enmity with anybody, SSP Quetta Rahmatullah Niazi said.
Sources said 23 police trainees visited their homes on Sunday morning. After meeting their families, they gathered at a place in the city and hired a pickup to go back to training school.
The pickup when reached near Tariq Hospital at Sariab Road two armed men riding on a motorcycle opened fire on the vehicle, killing 11 recruits and injuring nine others. Later, the assailants fled.
The police recruits killed in the firing were identified as Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Jawad, Abdul Hussain, Mohammad Nabi, Sajjad Ali, Abid Ali, Mohammad Baqar, Pervez Ali, Mohammad Abbas, Zakir Hussain and Ghulam Abbas,
The injured included Mohammad Arif, Ali Raza, Abdul Aziz, Abdul Hussain, Mohammad Ali, Akbar Ali, Ghulam Hussain, Shaukat Ali and Mohammad Aqeel.
Sources:
1-https://www.geocities.ws/sipahisahaba/2003/08062003.htm
2-Daily Dawn Karachi, June 09, 2003
3-Daily Intekhab Quetta, June 09, 2003
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