Five passengers killed in Gwadar

QUETTA: Five passengers were gunned down and one man was left injured on Wednesday night in Kalmat area of Gwadar when they were attacked by armed men.

According to DC Gwadar Hamoodur Rehman, armed men had blocked the highways and were intercepting passenger buses when a Karachi bound bus was stopped by armed men. Five passengers were taken down from the bus and killed in execution style, Rehman said. He said it appeared all the victims were from Punjab.

Confiming the incident, SHO Jiwani Khalid Dashti said the dead and the injured were rushed to Pasni Hospital. He said the identity of the victims is also being ascertained at this time.