GWADAR: A man was gunned down in Dasht Dandar area of Turbat in Kech district on Tuesday.

Police said that the deceased, Muhammad Rafiq, was sprayed with bullets by men on a motorcycle. Rafiq died on the spot.

Police took the body to the district hospital.

The body was later handed over to the deceased’s family after completion of medico-legal formalities.

The cause behind the murder could not be ascertained immediately.

Investigation into the murder was under way.

No one has so far claimed responsibility for the murder.

Published in Dawn, December 27th, 2017

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