ZHOB: Four students were wounded Friday when a police guard accidentally opened fire outside the residence of Balochistan’s governor in Zhob, officials said.
Authorities said the incident occurred when the local police station chief accidentally fired his weapon. The victims, all visitors who had come to meet Governor Sheikh Jaffar Khan Mandokhail, were rushed to Zhob’s Civil Hospital. The injured were students among the visitors who came to see the governor.
It was not immediately clear whether the governor was inside the residence at the time of the shooting.
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Police said an investigation into the incident was underway.
