Eight people were killed and two others wounded in separate incidents of violence in various parts of Balochistan on Tuesday.
According to Levies Force, unidentified armed men opened indiscriminate fire in Mastung within the limits of Levies Thana Wali Khan.
As a result, two people who were sitting outside a shop received bullet wounds and were killed on the spot. They were identified as Syed Ghulam Hussain Shah and Noor Mohammad, while a Levies official Amanullah received serious wounds.
Levies Force moved the dead and injured to District Headquarter Hospital.
The motive behind the killing was said to be old enmity.
In another incident, a person was killed in Turbat town of Kech district. The deceased was identified as Javed Iqbal, resident of Hyderabad, Sindh and worked as a butcher.
In another incident, a person identified as Mir Khan Magsi was killed in Jhal Magsi after an armed clash broke up between two tribal groups.
Armed men killed a person Mohammad Ashraf Sanari in Kalat and fled. Levies sources said the motive behind murder could be old enmity.
In another incident, Manzoor Ahmad and Saadullah were riding a motorbike in Naseerbad area within the limits of Mir Hassan police station when armed bandits intercepted them.
The bandits opened fire when they offered resistance.
As a result, both sustained serious wounds and were being moved to a hospital when Manzoor succumbed to his injuries. Also, a man identified as Sadam Jamot was killed in Karkh area of Khuzdar.
He was busy irrigating his farm when he was attacked by an armed man. A man was also gunned down in Killi Bangulzai area of Sariab Road in Quetta. He was identified as Abdullah.
