KHUZDAR, BALOCHISTAN: Armed men opened fire on a convoy carrying the Khuzdar range deputy inspector general (DIG) of police and the Khuzdar senior superintendent of police (SSP) in the Karkh area on Tuesday, injuring three police personnel, according to sources.
The attackers were unidentified, sources said. The injured personel were taken to a nearby hospital, while DIG Imran Qureshi and the SSP were unharmed.
The convoy was returning after visiting the site of a bomb blast at the Karkh police station the previous day, sources said. The DIG and SSP had gone to Karkh, a tehsil of Khuzdar district, with a large contingent to review the scene, conduct relief work and investigate.
On the way back, gunmen lying in wait in the Karkh area suddenly opened fire on the convoy, the sources said. The attackers fled after police returned fire.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack and the sources did not give the identities or condition of the injured officers.
