A man who was injured as unknown gunmen opened fire on a vehicle, is transported to hospital in Quetta, Pakistan on Wednesday. (EPA photo)QUETTA, Pakistan -- Gunmen on Wednesday shot dead four members of the Shi'ite Muslim minority in Pakistan's southwestern province of Baluchistan, officials said, in what police suspect was a sectarian attack. "The Shi'ites were targeted because of their faith," added Ghazanfar Ali, police chief in the town of Mastung, about 50km south of Quetta. Early in June, the Pakistani army said it dismantled a network of Islamic State militants and their affiliates who were trying to establish bases in rough terrain near Mastung. Islamist militants have killed thousands of people in Pakistan since early 2000s, in their bid to impose a hardline version of Islam.

Source: Bangkok Post July 19, 2017 09:22 UTC