Two people, including a death squad member, were killed, one was injured and a truck was set on fire in separate attacks by armed men and violent incidents in Noshki and Kech (Turbat), Balochistan.
Near the Qadirabad Bypass in Noshki, Shah Khalid, a resident of Qaziabad, was killed on the spot and Abdul Rauf Badaich injured by firing by unidentified armed men.
According to local sources, the dead man, Shah Khalid, was an active member of a government-backed armed group known locally as a “death squad”.
The motives for the incident have not emerged, nor has any organisation claimed responsibility.
Meanwhile, in Kech district, the bullet-riddled body of a man has been recovered from Dandar Machi Sol in the Dasht Khudan area; he has been identified as Khalid, son of Pir Muhammad, a resident of Kapkapar, Dasht.
Police moved the body to Teaching Hospital Turbat, where examination found several bullet wounds on the victim’s chest and back.
According to sources, Khalid had been abducted and disappeared by unidentified armed men about two weeks ago.
Meanwhile, near Nasirabad in Kech district, two armed men on a motorcycle fired at a truck loaded with cement, bursting its tyres, then sprinkled petrol on it and set it on fire.
The armed men let the driver, Farhad, son of Elahi Bakhsh (a resident of Dasht), go unharmed.
The vehicle was completely burned to ashes in the incident, but there were no casualties.
