A tribal leader, Mir Ali Muhammad, along with four others were shot dead Wednesday when unidentified armed assailants opened fire at their convoy in Gidar Valley near the Surab area of Kalat district.
According to sources, three other people were also injured in the incident and were shifted to a nearby health unit for treatment, while the deceased were shifted to District Headquarters Hospital Kalat.
No responsibility has been claimed for the incident thus far.
In a separate incident, Frontier Corps (FC) and security officials carried out a raid in Kharan district where they arrested four militants of the defunct Baloch Liberation Front.
