Five lose lives in separate incidents

QUETTA: At least 10 people have been killed in various armed clashes and road accidents in Balochistan during Eid ul Fitar wheras 9 people sustained injuries.

According to details, the first incident of an armed attack was reported in the Zehri area of Khuzdar district where unidentified armed men opened firing, killing one man named Muhammad Khan before managing to escape.

The Levis Forces rushed to the spot and shifted the body to the district headquarter hospital for autopsy.

Eight killed in two different road accidents in Khushab, Pattoki

A First Information Report (FIR) had been lodged against unknown assailants. The body had been handed over to heirs for burial. In the second incident, a body was found near Mashkail, a Pak-Iran bordering town. Sources relayed that the person was killed and dumped in a desolated area of Askan district.

Assistant Commissioner Mashkail, Habib ur Rehman Loni, accompanied with Levies Forces rushed to the spot and shifted the body for further medico legal procedures.

“The person has been identified as Shahbaz, resident of Narowal. The relatives of the deceased have been informed regarding the death of Shahbaz,” AC Mashkail added.

The Levies Force buried the mutilated body in the areas of Askan due to its poor condition whereas an investigation was initiated to find out motives behind the murder.

In another heart-wrenching incident, a father killed his son by pelting stones at him in Muslim Bagh.

Two killed, 7 injured in road accidents

According to Levies sources, the accused accompanied with his son started pelting stones on his another son due to domestic issues, killing him on the spot. Levies Force rushed to the spot and arrested the accused and his son and shifted them for further investigation. The body had been handed over to the heirs for burial while further investigation is being carried-out.

On the other hand, two people died in a road accident at Quetta-Kuchlak highway on Monday while others sustained severe injuries. According to Police, a speedy vehicle hit a motorbike at Kuchlak highway leaving a young boy Abdul Khaliq dead on the spot and injuring three others.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 27^th, 2020.