DERA MURAD JAMALI / MASHKEL: Four people were killed and five sustained injuries in three separate attacks in Nasirabad and Washuk districts of Balochistan on Sunday, officials said.

In the first attack, unidentified men barged into a house in Goth Mundar area of Nasirabad’s Chatar tehsil and opened fire, killing a seven-year-old child and a man.

According to Levies officials, the assailants used automatic weapons.

The deceased and injured were shifted to the district hospital in Dera Murad Jamali. The dead were identified as Shanela, 7 and Samandar Ali Banger, 35, whereas the injured included Noor Jahan, Akhtar Ali, Ahmed Ali, Shabila and Farhan.

Meanwhile, in Mashkel area of Washuk district, two people were killed in separate attacks.

Assistant Commissioner Zahid Shahwani said three men were riding a motorbike when armed men opened fire and killed a person named Muhammad Bilal. A suspect was already in custody while the Levies force was searching for other attackers, he added.

The other attack took place in Bugg area where robbers killed truck driver Badr-i-Alam over resistance. They also took away his Iranian-made Zamyad vehicle loaded with Iranian oil. The driver, critically injured in the knife attack, later died of injuries while being moved to a hospital.

Published in Dawn, September 26th, 2022