Information About Incident 54803-107324-270811 in Quetta Pakistan

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Separately, a religious scholar, identified as Qari Abdul Basit, was shot dead by unidentified assailants on Kasi Road area of the Quetta.

From this sentence, the following information was extracted.

• Meta Location: Kasi Road Quetta
• Matched District: Quetta
• Actgroup: kill
• Actor: by unidentified assailants on Kasi Road area of the Quetta
• Subject: a religious scholar , identified as Qari Abdul Basit ,

Context

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Separately, a religious scholar, identified as Qari Abdul Basit, was shot dead by unidentified assailants on Kasi Road area of the Quetta. It could be an incident of targeted killing and police are investigating, said a local Police official. Jama at Ulema-e-Islam (JuI) Quetta President Hafiz Hamdullah condemned the incident and said over 10 religious scholars belonging to the Sunni sect had been killed in the last few months in Quetta alone.

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