Four women were injured when unknown persons threw acid on them in Quetta’s Sariab area Monday and later fled.
Imran Qureshi, the Superintendent of Police, told Dawn that two armed motorcyclists threw acid on four women in Killi Kamalo area of Quetta’s Sariab road.
The women were shifted to the burns ward of Bolan Medical Complex in critical condition, he added.
According to Dr Hidayatullah, the women were targeted on their faces.
Qureshi said that the women were engaged in shopping at a popular shopping centre when they were targeted. The attackers sped away on their motorcycle after launching the attack.
A huge contingent of police and Frontier Corps (FC) personnel reached the site of incident as a probe into the attack went under way.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.
