QUETTA/PISHIN: The bodies of five men and two women were recovered from Balochistan's Quetta and Pishin districts on Tuesday morning.

Police sources told DawnNews that bullet-riddled bodies of two men and as many women were found in Killi Paind Khan area of Quetta. The sources further said that all victims had received multiple bullet wounds, adding that they were shot from a close range.

Motive behind killing was not known. The corpses were shifted to Civil Hospital Quetta for postmortem.

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Levies personnel also claimed to have recovered three bodies from the Pishin district of Balochistan. The bodies were spotted by locals of the area who then informed Levies officials about the discovery.

Security personnel reached the site and cordoned off the area as a probe into the incident went underway.

The corpses were shifted to District Headquarters Hospital Pishin. The identity of the victims could not be ascertained.

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