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Senior govt. official gunned down in SW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Jan 15 (KUNA) -- A senior government official was Saturday gunned down by unknown assailants in a southwestern Pakistani city, police said.
Abdul Jabbar, Deputy Director (DD) Water Reserves, was shot to death by unknown militants on Airport Road in Quetta, capital of Baluchistan province, police sources told KUNA. They said he received four bullets and died on the spot.
The killing spread wave of unrest in the city and police said that it put security personnel on high alert.
No group claimed responsibility for the killing but police blamed local nationalist militants. (end) amn.rk KUNA 151049 Jan 11NNNN