QUETTA: Armed militants killed the newly elected chairman of a union council in Balochistan's Gwadar district on Tuesday.

Police sources told Dawn.com that gunmen opened fire at the vehicle of Nasir Hassan in new town area of Gwadar. The chairman was seriously wounded in the attack, the sources said.

Hassan later succumbed to his injuries on the way to the hospital, police said. The assailants sped away on their motorcycles after the attack.

Police reached the spot and started an investigation into the incident.

Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M), while strongly condemning the incident, announced a shutter down strike on Wednesday in Gwadar.

In a statement, the party termed the incident as part of targeted killing of its workers.

Meanwhile police claim to have seized 205 kilograms of explosive material and said that a major terror attack was prevented.