Eight labourers killed in Balochistan

Police, quoting an injured labourer, said assailants opened fire at the labourers after checking their ID cards

QUETTA:
Eight labourers were killed by unidentified armed men in the Abbas Goth area of Lasbela district on Sunday morning.

The victims belonged to different areas of Punjab.

According to Lasbela police, a group of armed men barged into a poultry farm, Ali Poultry Farm, in the Abbas Goth area of Lasbela district and kidnapped nine labourers.

The armed men took the labourers to a nearby area, where they opened fire at them.

“The bodies of eight labourers were found dumped in a mountainous area while one labourer was found injured,” a police officer said.


Police, quoting the injured labourer, said kidnappers opened fire at the labourers after checking their ID cards.

The dead bodies and injured were brought to Jam Ghulam Qadir Hospital for autopsy. The bodies bore multiple marks of bullets.

The victims were residents of Multan, Muzaffargarh, Bahawalpur and other towns of Punjab.

There have been no claims of responsibility for the killings of labourers as yet. Balochistan government spokesperson Jan Buldedi condemned the killings.

“Law enforcing agencies should ensure the culprits involved in this heinous crime are arrested on an immediate basis,” Buledi said.
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