3 bodies found in Quetta; 2 workers slain in Kharan

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QUETTA, June 29: Three bullet-riddled bodies were found at a graveyard in Satellite Town here on Saturday, police said.

The bodies were shifted to civil hospital where two were identified as Mehmood Kakar and Ahmed Shah Alkozai, residents of Pashtoonabad on the outskirts of Quetta.

The third body remains unidentified.

Hospital sources said the men had been shot in their head and chest. “Hands and feet of…the three…were tied with rope and three bullets wounds were found in the head and chest of each one,” police said.

Kharan killings: Two people were gunned down in Kharan on Saturday, Levies sources said.

Gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire on labourers Asghar Ali and Ali Sher in Mohallah Kubdani area, leaving them seriously injured.

The victims were taken to hospital but they died before receiving medical aid.

They hailed from Dera Allahyar and Shahdadkot and had gone to Kharan for work.

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