Quetta police training: two trainees die, six fall unconscious

Police say the cases were not food poisoning, while Sheikh Zaid Hospital said both deaths were heart attacks, on separate days in November.

Two trainee policemen died and six fell unconscious over two days of training at the Quetta Police Training College.

Sheikh Zaid Hospital administration said the two trainees who died had suffered heart attacks.

Samiullah, from Sheerani, and Mirza Khan, from Zhob district, had heart attacks on November 5 and November 7.

A police department spokesman said it was wrong to describe the incidents as food poisoning.

Five trainees were admitted to hospital as a precaution because of raised blood pressure.

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