Firing at van left 3 persons injured in Basin

Gilgit, September 29: Three people were injured when unidentified assailants opened fire at a passenger van at Basin, police said.

According to the initial reports, the passenger van was heading towards Gilgit city from Bargo, when it was attacked. The injured were immediately shifted to DHQ hospital.

After the incident police has cordoned off the area and started search operation but the attackers managed to escape.

More than 10 persons have been killed and 50 injured in a month since the sectarian violence escalated in the city and surrounding areas in early August.

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