Gunmen shot dead two young cricketers from Pakistan’s Christian community while they were playing cricket at a ground in Mastung town, Balochistan.
Police said the attack took place at a cricket ground in Shams Abad, about four kilometers from a Christian neighborhood in Mastung district, around 50 kilometers south of the provincial capital, Quetta.
Abdul Rauf, the station house officer of Mastung City police station, said the attackers came from a nearby village, opened fire on a group of local Christian cricketers and fled the scene.
“Two young cricketers were killed in the latest attack,” Rauf said.
“The attackers fled to the nearby village after targeting the group of minority cricketers,” he added.
The victims were identified as Ayush Masih, 21, and Domnik Masih, 24, both members of the Christian community in Mastung.
Police reached the area soon after the shooting and shifted the bodies to the district hospital.
Family members and members of the Christian community later blocked the highway in protest and placed the bodies of the victims there.
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