Gunmen open fire on officer in SW Pakistan, killing 2 guards
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Gunmen opened fire on a vehicle carrying a senior police officer in the southwestern city of Quetta, killing two of his guards but the officer escaped unhurt, police said Wednesday.
Abdur Razzaq Cheema, police chief in Quetta, said the target of the attack was Hameedullah Dasti. He was en route to a prison to take militants on trial to court. Dasti was traveling in a bullet-proof vehicle, but the guards were not.
The main Pakistani Taliban group Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, or TTP, claimed responsibility for the attack. The group's spokesman Mohammad Khurasani said in a message that such attacks will continue to take revenge for the killing of detained militants.
