Two Masori Bugtis killed

Published May 23, 2005

QUETTA, May 22:: Unidentified armed men killed two Masori Bugti tribesmen and injured seriously three others in an attack on the Bakar village, Dera Bugti Agency, on Sunday. “Two Masori Bugti tribesmen were killed in the attack,” official sources confirmed and added that after the attack security forces were deployed in the area.

Sources said that unidentified armed men took position on the hilltops and opened indiscriminate fire on the village. They also fired rockets as a result of which the tribesmen were killed.

The Masori Bugti tribesmen also took position and retaliated. A heavy exchange of fire continued for over an hour after which the unidentified armed men fled from the area.

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