Four killed in Balochistan violence

A bullet riddled body was also found.

QUETTA: At least four people were killed and a bullet riddled body was found in Balochistan on Monday.

The bullet riddled body was found in Murgab area of the Turbat city, district of Kech.

Turbat Police Station constable Mohammad Azam told The Express Tribune that some passersby spotted the body and informed the police. The security officials rushed to the spot and cordoned off the area.

The body was shifted to the District Headquarters Hospital for an autopsy. The deceased was identified as Niaz Ahmed, a resident of Belecha Turabt.

“The dead received bullets in his head and chest,” hospital sources said, adding that they were the cause of his death.

The motive behind the killing could not be ascertained as yet however his relative Mohammad Bahshir registered a case against unknown persons.

In another incident, at least two people were gunned down in Killi Umer area of Chagi district.

According to sources, unknown armed men entered a refugee camp and opened fire, killing two. The deceased were taken to a hospital, where they were identified as Nadir and Fath Muhamad.

Another man was gunned down in Saryab Road area near Karachi Bus stop.

Police said the attack was carried out by unknown armed men riding a motorcycle. The attackers opened fire on a private coach cleaner on the Saryab Road, killing him on the spot. Soon after the incident, the police rushed to the area and deceased was shifted to Quetta Civil Hospital.

The dead was identified as Shahmsullah, resident of Airport Road, Quetta. The motive behind the killing could not be known.

In yet another incident of violence, a man was killed and two others sustained injures near the RCD Highway in Nushki.

According to the Balochistan Levies sources, a private company’s gas tanker was on its way from Iran to Quetta, when unknown armed men riding a motorcycle opened fire on it. The attack killed one and injured two others. The victims were taken to a nearby hospital. The deceased was identified as Hameedullah and the injured as Samiullah and Mohammad Siddiq.