QUETTA: Armed militants killed three labourers in Balochistan's Gwadar district Sunday evening, according to Levies sources.

Sources told Dawn.com that the militants opened fire at a construction company in Zero Point area of Pasni tehsil in Gwadar district. Three labourers working there were killed on the spot, they said.

Levies sources went on to say that the assailants also snatched weapons from Balochistan Constabulary personnel deployed to guard labourers and machinery in the area.

The assailants managed to escape from the spot as law-enforcement personnel reached the site to investigate the incident.

Levies personnel claim the attack was an act of targeted killing.

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