News card: Gunmen kill two police officers on patrol in Pakistan's Balochistan

News card from EXE Index. Headline: Gunmen kill two police officers on patrol in Pakistan's Balochistan. Locator map from Wikimedia Commons (Milenioscuro, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped) showing Nasirabad district in red within Balochistan province, Pakistan; not a photo of the attack. Key facts for Saturday, October 17, 2026: at Bedar Bridge in the Pat Feeder area near Dera Murad Jamali, unidentified gunmen fired on two police head constables patrolling by motorcycle; both were killed on the spot, police say; the attackers took their service weapons and fled, and no group has claimed the attack; a search operation is under way and the officers' families blocked the highway in protest. Sources: Dawn, The Express Tribune, Quetta Voice. exeindex.com/crime. Record dispatch:2026-10-17-pk-nasirabad-police. @exeindex. — Map: Nasirabad district (red) in Balochistan, Pakistan. Map: Wikimedia Commons, Milenioscuro · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons); card CC BY-SA 4.0 EXE Index (share-alike from the map)

Oct 17: Unidentified gunmen shot dead two police head constables patrolling by motorcycle near Bedar Bridge in Nasirabad, Pakistan's Balochistan, and took their service weapons, police told Dawn and The Express Tribune. No group has claimed it.

What: News card: Gunmen kill two police officers on patrol in Pakistan's Balochistan
Where: Asia
When: 2026-10-17
Source: The Express Tribune
Credit: Map: Nasirabad district (red) in Balochistan, Pakistan. Map: Wikimedia Commons, Milenioscuro · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons); card CC BY-SA 4.0 EXE Index (share-alike from the map)
Details: Asia, Pakistan

crime Pakistan Asia

Sources and credit

The Express Tribune
Dispatch: the full record