The militant group Islamic State on Tuesday claimed responsibility for killing four members of a Christian family in Quetta.
A statement issued by the group claimed that militants belonging to ISIS fired on the group of Christians as they were travelling in the city, killing four on Monday.
The family was travelling in a rickshaw when armed men on a motorcycle intercepted them and opened fire in Quetta city, the capital of Balochistan province.
The family had come to visit relatives in Quetta’s Shahzaman road area, where a large number of the city’s Christian community lives. “It appears to have been a targeted attack,” provincial police official Moazzam Jah Ansari told Reuters. “It was an act of terrorism.” The attack came a day after Pakistan’s Christian community celebrated Easter on Sunday. Around 2 percent of Pakistan’s population of 208 million are Christians.
Published in Daily Times, April 4th 2018.
