Four killed in Balochistan

Staff Report


QUETTA: At least four people, two security guards and two labourers, were killed in separate incidents in Chamalang and Barkhan areas of Balochistan on Monday.


Official sources said that two security guards were killed in an incident of firing in Barkhan district while two labourers died in a mine blast near Chamalang coalfield in Surgari area.


In the first incident, unidentified gunmen opened fire at a camp set up by a construction company in Dada Shah Mehmood area of Barkhan district. As a result of the firing, two workers, identified as Muhammad Bakhsh and Sajjad Ahmed, received several bullets and died on the spot. Those injured included Rabnawaz, Abdul Hameed, Jahan Khan and Allah Bakhsh. The attackers, however, fled the scene after committing the crime.


The victims belonged to Sindh, said the sources, adding that the dead bodies had been sent to the heirs in Sindh for burial.


In the second incident, an explosion took place when two personnel of the Marri Security Forces deputed near Chamalang coalfield stepped on a landmine placed on a non-metal road in Surgari area. Both the security guards received critical splinter wounds and died on the spot. They victims, Bilal Marri and Behera Marri, belonged to Marri tribe.

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