QUETTA, March 11: Five people were kidnapped at gunpoint from Turbat town on Monday night, police sources said.

Shah Mohammad, Shahzeb, Mohammad Ibrahim, Mohammad Aslam and Mohibullah were sitting at a hotel in Turbat when unidentified armed men reached there and took them to an unknown destination.

Investigating was under way, police said.

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