QUETTA: Security officials recovered mutilated bodies of three young boys from Balochistan's Chaghi district on Thursday.

Levies sources said that mutilated bodies of three young boys, apparently shepherds, were found in Chaghi district of Balochistan. The sources added that all three looked like teenage boys.

Locals in the area had spotted the bodies and had informed security forces. The corpses were shifted to a nearby hospital for postmortem.

Levies personnel reached the site and cordoned off the area, and also started an initial investigation into the incident.

Also Read: 800 bodies found in Balochistan in past three years

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the killings while security forces are trying to identify the victims.

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