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Four labourers killed by unknown assailants in Balochistan's Pishin district

QUETTA: Four labourers working on an under-construction road were killed by unidentified armed men in the Saranan area of Balochistan’s Pishin district on Tuesday. Officials said the incident took place in the Sulemanzai area along the Quetta-Chaman Highway. Balochistan Chief Minister’s aide for political and media affairs Shahid Rind confirmed the incident. “The labourers were working on an…

Four labourers killed by unknown assailants in Balochistan's Pishin district

On Tuesday, four laborers working on an under-construction road in Saranan, a district of Balochistan's Pishin, met a tragic end when unidentified armed men opened fire on them. The assailants, who arrived on motorcycles, shot multiple times at the workers, killing them instantly. One laborer sustained injuries and was rushed to the district hospital alongside the bodies of his fellow victims.

Balochistan's Chief Minister's aide for political and media affairs, Shahid Rind, confirmed the incident, stating that the laborers had traveled from Punjab in search of employment. This incident marks the second such attack in the region within the past three days. Earlier, armed men had blown up a police station in Saranan town on Friday, leaving it badly damaged and no casualties reported.

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