QUETTA, Nov 4: At least five persons, including father-in-law and four-year-old son of Rind tribe chieftain, were gunned down and one was injured by unknown assailants near Dhadar on Sunday, police said.

“All the five tribesmen died on the spot,” hospital sources said and added that the injured, who had also received bullet injuries, was in serious condition.

According to sources, Haji Saleh Mohammad Rind, father-in-law of former Jamhoori Watan Party MNA Sardar Yar Mohammad Rind was on his way to Dhadar with his four-year-old grandson and four bodyguards in his car from his fields. When they reached near Lal Shah village, unknown armed men opened indiscriminate fire with automatic weapons killing Saleh Mohammad, his grandson and three armed bodyguards. The attackers escaped.

The police and officials of the local administration rushed to the spot and brought the bodies and injured to the Dhadar Civil Hospital.

The deceased were: Haji Saleh Mohammad Rind; Mir Chakar Khan Rind, four-year-old son of Sardar Yar Mohammad Rind; Sanaullah, Pir Gul and Jhanwar. Mohammed Yousuf was injured.