GWADAR: Arsonists set on fire two houses, a car and a motorbike on Thursday in the Washbu area of Panjgur.

According to police, men on a motorcycle had murdered one Mohammad Iqbal. Two days after the incident, some people barged into the houses of Dr Essa and Master Mohammad Asghar and set on fire their homes and a car and a motorbike parked there. Both houses were gutted.

According to sources, the attackers suspected that the owners of the houses were behind the killing.

Police registered a case and began investigation.

Published in Dawn, February 24th, 2017

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