At least five people have been killed in separate incidents in Panjgur, Jhal Magsi, Surab, Kalat and Khuzdar, including a school employee who was reportedly abducted and later found dead, according to local and police sources.
In Panjgur, Musa, son of Muhammad and a resident of Garmakan, was killed when armed men travelling in a vehicle opened fire outside the Panjgur Teaching Hospital, according to reports.
In a separate incident in the Khari area of Gandawah tehsil, Jhal Magsi district, Abdul Rasheed Dinari, a school peon, was reportedly abducted from his school a day before his body was recovered. Police sources said his body was found in the Kottrah area near Ghatarah. Further investigations are under way.
Meanwhile, the bullet-riddled body of an unidentified man was reportedly found in the Jiwa area of Gidar, Surab district.
In Kalat district, the body of another unidentified man, who had reportedly been shot dead, was recovered near Singdas. According to police sources, the body was taken to the District Headquarters Hospital in Kalat for identification. The victim’s identity and the motive behind his killing remain unknown.
In Khuzdar district, businessman Muhammad Fayyaz, a resident of Wahir in Wadh tehsil, was shot dead by unidentified assailants.
According to local sources, he was travelling from his home to his shop in Wadh Bazaar in the morning when he was shot on the highway near a checkpoint. Police have launched an investigation into the incident.