QUETTA: Levies personnel recovered three bullet-riddled bodies from Balochistan's Turbat district on Tuesday.

Levies sources told Dawn that the bodies were found in the Mand area of Turbat. Local residents in Mand had spotted the bodies and had informed Levies personnel.

The bodies were later shifted to a hospital for identification. A large number of people gathered at the hospital to see the bodies, Levies said.

"The victims had received multiple bullet wounds,” Levies sources said, adding that the victims were shot from a close range.

Police and other law enforcement agencies reached the spot immediately and a probe into the incident was launched.

There has been no claim of responsibility for the killings as yet.