Five people were killed and two injured in various incidents of violence across Balochistan on Sunday. In the first incident, unknown men sprayed bullets at a shop in Dasht area of Mastung, killing shop owner Ali Mohammad Hazara. The Levies Force said the murder appeared to be an act of sectarian killing. In the second incident in Quetta’s Sariab area, unknown assailants gunned down a snake keeper. However, the reasons behind the murder could not be known. Hadayatullah committed suicide after hanging himself to a ceiling fan in Usta Mohammad town of Jaffarabad district, 450kms southeast of Quetta. Ashiq Ali Magsi died after his motorcycle plunged into a deep ditch due to over speeding, also in Jaffarabad. A report from industrial town of Hub said unknown persons killed Khuda Bakhsh in Goth Haji Murad and escaped from the scene. In the same town, a 12-year-old boy drowned in Hub river. Police recovered the body and handed it over to the heirs. Also, two men riding a motorcycle received injuries near Sui town when their bike hit a land mine. They were identified as Shahnawaz and Dilar. Meanwhile, armed bandits abducted three truck drivers and a landlord, Hadayatullah, from Usta Mohammad town of Jaffarabad and Bolan district. Dozens of truck drivers protested the abduction from the main national highway at Dingra area, demanding the district administration recover their colleagues. According to detail, armed kidnappers blocked the road near Bala Nari area of Bolan and kidnapped three truck drivers. Truck drivers arriving at the spot from Quetta and Jacobabad blocked the road and protested for hours. The blockage of the main Quetta-Jacobabad Road caused much inconvenience for passengers amid hot weather. On the other hand, three drivers, Mohammad Aslam, Khair Mohammad and Mohammad Ishaq, who were abducted a week ago from Bolan, reached home safely on Sunday.
