Principal of private school shot dead, Man killed, 3 injured in Quetta blast

on 2010/3/22 0:00:00

Occupied Balochistan, QUETTA: Fazal Bari, the prinicipal of "Tameer Noo Model School" was shot dead by unidentified men near Bhosa Mandi when he was going to school in a car; police sources confirmed SAMAA on Monday.

Abdul Sattar, the driver of Fazal Bari was severely injured in the firing incident. He has been admitted in the hospital and is in critical condition.

The students of Tameer Noo Moder School and College reached Civil Hospital after getting the news of killing of Fazal Bari, the principal of "Tameer Noo Moder School" by unidentified men.

Students came on the roads and protested for the arrest of the murderers and also demanded to provide protection to the teachers.

AGENCIES ADD: Gunmen on Monday assassinated a renowned Pakistani educationist in Baluchistan, where violence has recently spiked in the southwest region on the Afghan and Iranian borders, police said.

Fazle Bari, principal of private boys' college Tameer-e-Nau, was killed in the drive-by shooting as he travelled to work in his car through the Baluchistan capital Quetta, senior police official Tariq Manzoor told AFP.

"Bari died on the spot and his driver was wounded," Manzoor said, linking the attack to a recent wave of unrest and "targeted killings."

Some 250 students blocked a main road during a march towards the residence of the Baluchistan governor to protest against the killing, prompting police to fire tear gas to disperse the crowd, an AFP reporter said. SAMAA/AGENCIES

Man killed, 3 injured in Quetta blast


QUETTA: The bomb blast killed a man near Golimar Chowk in Quetta, sources told SAMAA on Monday.

Three people were injured in the blast. The injured have been admitted in the hospital. The blast damaged shops, Rickshaw and cycles.

The police and relief workers reached soon after the blast. Police cordoned off the area and started investigation.

Bomb Disposal Squad told SAMAA that the bomb was locally made and weighed 2 kg.

AGENCIES ADD: A bomb planted under a rickshaw later exploded near a paramilitary checkpoint in Quetta, killing a pedestrian and wounding three others, senior police official Hamid Shakeel told AFP.

"A nearby Frontier Corp check post could have been the target," he said.

Baluchistan is rife with Islamist militancy, sectarian violence between majority Sunnis and minority Shiite Muslims and regional insurgency.

Baloch rebels rose up in 2004 demanding political autonomy and a greater share of profits from the region's wealth of natural resources, namely oil and gas. Hundreds of people have died since then.

Violence has spiked around Quetta in recent days.

On Sunday, a remote-controlled bomb rigged to a bicycle killed three people and wounded another 14 others while targeting a senior policeman who survived. SAMAA/AGENCIES