Father, son shot dead in Dera Bugti

Levies register a case and have started a probe

QUETTA: A man and his son were gunned down in Dera Bugti area of Balochistan on Tuesday over tribal enmity.

According to security forces, the victims have been identified as Tagya Khan and Mehran Khan with the incident occurring on Kashmoor Road in Sui.



The assailants opened fire killing the two on the spot and fled the scene unchallenged.

Levies rushed to the scene and shifted the bodies to local hospital for autopsy.

“In view of a tribal enmity in Dera Bugti, we think it was a targeted attack. We have registered a case and an investigation is underway,” a Levies official said.



Later, the bodies were handed over to the heirs for burial after doctors had completed the post mortem.

On February 14, eight people lost their lives in an incident of firing over land dispute in Chagai district of the province.

“The deadly clash came in the wake of an earlier scuffle between Mohammad Hasni tribe and Noorzai tribe of Afghan refugees,” said Dalbandin Assistant Commissioner Habibullah Musakhail. “Mohammad Hasni tribe attacked the Noorzai tribe that led to a gunfight,” he added.

In the clash, Noorzai tribe lost six men while Mohammad Hasni tribe two, he added.