Three hunters shot dead in Pasni attack

QUETTA:

Gunmen shot dead three men in a targeted attack in Gwadar district on Sunday.

“The gunmen riding a motorcycle opened fire in the Gurani area of Pasni tehsil, killing three men on the spot,” Assistant Commissioner Pasni Mansoor Ahmed told The Express Tribune by phone from the area. The victims were on a hunting expedition in the area.

The victims – identified as Majid Ali, Jameel Ahmed and Raheem – were shifted to the Civil Hospital Pasni for autopsies. They all were residents of Ward No 7 in Pasni. They were on a hunting expedition in the area when targeted. It was not immediately known who killed them and why.

A case has been registered against unidentified gunmen and investigations are under way.

In other violence, a convoy of the Frontier Works Organisation was attacked with a bomb in the Jhan Behri area of Kech district on Sunday. No one was hurt.

According to Balochistan Levies officials, the convoy was on en route to Jhan Behri from Turbat when suspected militants triggered a remote-controlled explosive device. Subsequently, security forces cordoned off the area and mounted a search operation in the area.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 14^th,  2015.