QUETTA: A police official was gunned down here on Saturday, police said.

Gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire at Assistant Sub Inspector Qudratullah Kakar and his eight-year-old son Muhibullah,also on a motorcycle, near Barma Hotel on Sariab Road.

The ASI died and his son suffered injuries.

Police took the body and the injured to hospital.

`Motive behind the attack is yet to be ascertained,` police said.