Unrest In Balochistan : Two labourers shot dead in Hub

QUETTA: Two labourers were killed in a gun attack on a convoy of a cement factory in Lasbela district’s industrial town of Hub, which borders Karachi. According to police, the workers of Attock Cement Factory were going to Karachi in a convoy under police escort when armed men lurking in the narrow lanes of the busy Rind Market on Sakuran Road opened fire at one of the vehicles. The dead and the injured were rushed to Karachi. Lasbela police chief Basheer Brohi told The Express Tribune that police and security forces have launched a manhunt for the attackers. The deceased were identified as Naseer Gul and Amjad. Labourers working in Hub often go to Karachi on weekends.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 8^th, 2015.