KHARAN: Unidentified armed men gunned down four people and injured one in Kharan town on Friday.

Kharan police station’s SHO Muhammad Qasim told Dawn armed men barged into a house in Sherozai mouza area and opened indiscriminate firing on residents who were asleep.

He said the deceased were identified as Sheikh Saleem Tagapi, Saiful Islam, Raziq Ali and Sanaullah while Dilshad suffered injuries.

The dead and injured were taken to the divisional headquarters hospital, the SHO said, adding that the assailants fled from the scene.

He said reasons behind the incident could not be ascertained immediately, though it appeared to be a case of targeted killing.

Published in Dawn, November 19th, 2022