PML-N leader shot dead in Khuzdar

QUETTA - PML-N leader Sardar Aziz Umrani was among the three persons killed in two different incidents of target-killing in Khuzdar and Mastung towns on Saturday. According to reports, unidentified men, riding a motorcycle, opened indiscriminate firing on Umrani at Karkh Road in Khuzdar town. He died on the spot after receiving multiple wounds while three of his personal bodyguards were also injured. They were rushed to a local hospital where one of them succumbed to his injuries. Police say an inquiry has been ordered to unearth the motive behind the killing of the PML-N leader. According to some independent sources, Sardar Umrani was paralysed in a previous armed attack. The incidents of target-killings are continuing abated in Balochistan, as another person lost his live and his colleague was injured when unidentified attackers targeted them in Mastung town. According to reports pouring into the provincial metropolis, armed persons opened fire on Ghulam Nabi Barakzai who died on the spot while the other one was shifted to the hospital in a serious condition. Defunct Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) has claimed the responsibility for the Killing, saying the victim was spying for the government. On the other hand, a hand grenade was lobbed at a vehicle of FC in Sariab Road area of Quetta, which damaged the vehicle partially but FC personnel remained unhurt. The attackers managed to escape from the site under the cover of darkness.

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