ISLAMABAD, Feb 9 Kyodo Unidentifi...

ISLAMABAD, Feb 9 Kyodo

Unidentified gunmen killed four Hindus in a liquor store in a busy market place in the western Pakistan city of Quetta, in succession Saturday night, police said.

They said the unidentified gunmen come intoed the liquor shop at Patail Park in the heart of the city, the capital of Baluchistan province, which borders Afghanistan.

After tying up the six race present, including the shopkeeper and his customers, they lay opened fire, killing the four, according to the police.

The pair others, who suffered injuries, are a Muslim and a Hindu. They have been hospitalized.

Liquor is banned in Pakistan admitting some liquor shops are licensed for non-Muslims.

A large number of Hindus who rushed to the site of shooting after hearing the of recent origins claimed the incident was an act of terrorism.

Meanwhile, Maulvi Noor Mohammad, MMA member of the national assembly from Quetta, visited the site and assured those not past nor future that the local administration would make each effort to capture the culprits and obstruct such incidents from happening again.

He described the crime as conspiracy aimed at bringing disrepute to Pakistan and scaring minorities, particularly Hindus who have sizable populations in Sindh and Baluchistan provinces.

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