Seven others were injured when unknown assailants opened fire on the labourers vehicle. — Photo by AP
Police sources said the labourers were going to their camp in a pick-up after finishing their work on an under-construction gas compressor plant in the area.
The deceased were identified as Mohammad Ishaq, Jamal Khan, Mukhtar Ahmed and Shabbir Ahmed.
Police said some armed men on motorbikes had opened fire on them.
The injured were Abdul Fateh, Shabbir, Manzoor Ahmed, Khadim Hussain, Maqbool Ahmed, Noor Hasan and Gulab Khan.Frontier Corps and police personnel took the bodies and the injured to Khuzdar civil hospital.
Hospital sources said the condition of three of the injured was serious.
