8 killed, one injured in Quetta shooting

8 killed, one injured in Quetta shooting
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Summary Police say gunmen riding on a motorcycle have shot dead eight people in an attack on a laundry.

Gunmen on motorcycles on Saturday shot dead eight men at a laundry in the restive southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, police said.The gunmen were riding two motorcycles when they struck at the laundry in a busy area of Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province, before fleeing, they said.At least eight men were killed and another man was wounded, senior police official Iskandar Tareen told AFP.Initial investigations indicated that the victims were settlers, he said, referring to people who have settled in Balochistan but come from other provinces of Pakistan.There was no claim of responsibility for the attack.
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