GWADAR: Six members of a family were shot dead in a house in Proom area of Panjgur district on Saturday.

According to officials, the victims were identified as Muhammad Younus, Naeem Jan, Muhammad Ilyas, Muha­m­­mad Nawaz, Muhammad Amin and Amina.

According to police, about 20 attackers broke into the house of Muhammad Younus in Pullabad Bazaar area early in the morning, when the family’s members were sleeping, and opened indiscriminate fire, killing six people.

The attackers had come in two vehicles.

“Six persons, including a woman, died on the spot after suffering multiple bullet injuries in the attack,” Panjgur Deputy Commis­sioner Mujeebur Rehman Qambrani said, adding that the attackers had escaped.

Police sources said an enmity might be the motive for the killings.

The bodies were handed over to the victims’ relatives.

Security forces launched a search operation in the area, but no arrest was made till late in the night.

Published in Dawn, April 10th, 2016

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