GWADAR: Six people, among them a man and his three sons, were gunned down in the Parom area of Panjgur district close to the Pakistan-Iran border on Friday, said official sources.

Armed men barged into the house of Abdul Malik in Garr village of Parom tehsil and opened indiscriminate fire. “Six people died in the attack,” a senior police offi­cer, Allah Bakhsh Baloch, told Dawn.

The deceased were identified as Abdul Malik, his sons Saddam Hussain, Muham­mad Aamir and Abdul Razak and guests Muham­mad Za­­re­ef and Mullah Muhammad Gul.

Bodies were handed over to heirs after medico-legal formalities.

The cause of the gruesome killings could not be ascertained, but police sources said that Abdul Malik and his sons were wanted by the police and Levies force for their involvement in robberies, theft and other crimes.

Police and Levies started an investigation into the incident.

Published in Dawn, October 1st, 2016

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