Two trainee policemen died and six others fell unconscious over two days of training at the Quetta Police Training College, police and hospital officials said. Four of the unconscious policemen were taken to hospital for medical attention.
Deaths and hospital admissions
The Sheikh Zaid Hospital administration said the two under-training policemen died of heart attacks. A police department spokesman gave the details of each case: Samiullah, a policeman from Sheerani, suffered a heart attack on November 5, and Mirza Khan, from Zhob district, suffered a cardiac attack on November 7.
The spokesman also said five trainees were admitted to hospital as a precaution because of raised blood pressure. The accounts give different figures for hospital admissions, four and five, and do not say whether the two groups overlap.
Police reject food-poisoning claim
The police spokesman said it was wrong to describe the incidents at the training college as food poisoning. No other cause has been officially given for the cases of unconsciousness, and the spokesman did not name one.
The Quetta police training programme is the central focus of the case, and the coming days will show whether an official cause is announced for the deaths and the collapses.
Timeline: what has happened so far
- Over two days of training: two trainees die and six fall unconscious at the Quetta Police Training College, police and hospital officials said.
- November 5: Samiullah, a policeman from Sheerani, suffers a heart attack, police said.
- November 7: Mirza Khan, from Zhob district, suffers a cardiac attack, police said.
Aasan alfaaz mein
Quetta police training college mein do trainee police ahelkar faut ho gaye aur chhe behosh ho gaye. Hospital ke mutabiq dono ki maut dil ka dora parne se hui. Police ke tarjumaan ne kaha ke ise khane ki zehreelgi kehna ghalat hai. Is se trainees ki sehat aur training ke intezam par sawal uthte hain.
