Six Shia Hazara’s gunned down in Quetta by Yazeedi Forces

At least Six Shia Muslims belongs from Hazara Community, including a woman, were gunned down while six others sustained injuries when a van carrying people of the Shia Hazara community was ambushed on Spini road in Quetta on Thursday morning.

According to a senior police official told Shiite News Correspondent , a van carrying families of the Hazara community was on its way to Marriabad from Hazara Town when a group of American backed-Armed Nasabi Wahabi terrorists of Sipah-e-Sahaba opened indiscriminate fire on them near Killi Mubarak.

As a result of which five people, including a woman, martyred on the spot while six others were wounded. The assailants, who were stated to be lurking in the area, fled the scene after the incident.
A heavy contingent of police and security forces reached the spot and cordoned off the area in order to collect evidence.
The bodies and injured were shifted to Provincial Sandeman Hospital and Bolan Medical Complex (BMC) where an emergency had been declared. The injured were later taken to Combined Military Hospital (CMH) because of their critical health condition.

The provincial government beefed up the security across the city. “It could be an incident of sectarian target killing as all the people belonged to the Hazara community,” a senior official said. He added that Frontier Corps (FC) and police have jointly launched a search operation in different areas of Quetta and arrested 45 suspects.

The search operation was launched in Killi Shahnawaz in Saryab.

No group claimed responsibility for the attack till the filing of this report.
The government has decided to form an exclusive force for the protection of the Hazara community following the frequent incidents of targeted killings in last year. However, once again the targeted attacks on the Hazara community have intensified during the past couple of days.

Aftermath
The gruesome incident sparked protest in different parts of the city where protestors burnt tyres and forced the shopkeepers to close their shops. A girls college on Brewery Road was set ablaze while protestors also torched a motorcycle.

The Majlis-e-Wehdat Muslameen (MWM), Shia Ulema Council, Jafaria Alliance Pakistan and Hazara Democratic Party has condemned the attack and announced a ‘shutter down’ strike call for Friday, 30th March. The Shia parties announced countrywide protest on Friday to condemn the barbaric incident.