Two people were killed and another injured in separate incidents of firing in different towns of Balochistan on Sunday while a truck driver was kidnapped in Gandawa of Jhal Magsi.
According to details, unidentified armed men fired at Sardar Munir Mengal Road near Sariab killing Bismillah Khilji on the spot. The motive behind the killing was yet to be ascertained. The victim was a member of the local bus association. A large number of relatives of the deceased reached hospital and staged a protest demanding immediate arrest of culprits. The protesters also burnt old tyres at Manan Chowk and caused a massive traffic jam.
In another incident, a man was killed by bandits in Usta Muhammad area of Jaffarabad. Khalid was passing from Hajwani graveyard when was intercepted by armed men who tried to snatch his motorcycle. On resisting, the bandits killed Khalid and fled with the motorcycle. Police said that it was a case of motorcycle snatching and a case was registered against unidentified people.
In another firing incident, Syed Abdullah was injured when unidentified men fired at him in Washuk. The injured was rushed to nearby hospital and later to Quetta.
Unidentified men kidnapped truck driver Muhammad Anwar from Gandawa area of Jhal Magsi. Levies Force sources said that it could be a case of kidnapping for ransom and search had been started in the area to trace the kidnappers.
Separately, unidentified armed men killed a man along with his son while a decomposed dead body was found from Nasirabad. According to police, Yaqoob Shah and his son Naveed were sitting in a shop in Killi Shabo area of Quetta when armed men fired at them killing them on the spot. Police said that the incident could have been a sectarian killing. Levies Force recovered an unidentified decomposed body from Pat Feeder area of Nasirabad and moved it to nearby hospital for autopsy.