QUETTA: At least seven laburers were killed while sleeping in their residential quarters in Surbandar area of Gwadar, Balochistan province.
Gwadar Police Station Station House Officer (SHO) Mohsin Ali said unknown armed men pened fire on a residential quarter near Gwadar Fish Harbour as a result of which seven people were killed and one was injured.
Mohsin Ali said that the dead and injured persons used to work in a barber shop in Surbandar. The dead bodies and the injured person have been shifted to Gwadar Hospital.
SHO Gwadar police station said the dead and injured persons belong to Mian Channu tehsil, Khanewal district of Punjab.
In a statement issued by the government of Balochistan, it is said that the killing of laborers in Gwadar is open terrorism and the spokesperson of the Balochistan government said that the families of the workers are being contacted.
Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti condemned the killing of the barber shop workers in Gwadar extending his sympathies towards the families of the victims.
CM Bugti also sought a report on the matter, maintaining that “all kinds of force will be used to arrest the terrorists and their facilitators”.
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Balochistan Interior Minister Zia Longo, while ordering an investigation into the tragic incident in Gwadar, said that the killing of laborers is a cowardly act, and terrorists will be dealt with strictly.
It should be remembered that some time ago miscreants tried to attack Gwadar Airport which was foiled by the security personnel.
