GWADAR: Bullet-riddled bodies of five men were found in the mountainous area of Panjgur district, Balochistan, near Pakistan-Iran border, on Wednesday.

A spokesman for the banned Baloch Republican Army claimed responsibility for the killings.

Levies Force officials said some residents of the Pere Jhal area informed the administration about the presence of the five bodies.

“The five persons were shot dead,” Ziaullah Lang­ove, adviser to the chief minister on home and tribal affairs, told Dawn.

The officials said the five men belonged to Panjgur and Kech districts. “The deceased include two brothers from Panjgur,” they said. The victims were identified as Hamza, Amanullah, Khalil, Dawood and Shoaib.

Published in Dawn, December 9th, 2021