Quetta: Armed men blocked the main road in the Gwadar district on Wednesday night, killing at least five people and burning a series of heavy vehicles loaded with products from the port.
The SSP Hafeez Baloch road police said Sunrise That five people were killed by armed men who blocked the road. He also confirmed that three long -body trailers, which transported urea to Afghanistan from the port of Gwadar were burned in the Tajan area.
According to Ssp Baloch, the roads also blocked in Tobat, Panjgur and Pasni. Levies officials said the obstacles were also witnessed in the areas of Bolan, Kolpur and Mastung. Levies staff said one of its vehicles was also burned in the Mastung area.
The security forces had moved towards the area where the militants had blocked the roads and operations to clear that the roads were underway when pressing.
Separately, officials said Sunrise That four people died in the Kalmat area, between Pasni and Ormara, after being discharged from the passenger bus bound for Karachi.
“The armed men killed four passengers after reviewing their identification cards and took three others,” said a local administration official, added that four belonged to Punjab.
There were also nightly reports about an attack against a security forces in Tobat. Strong exchanges of fire and explosions were heard in the city of Tobat, but there was no official confirmation of the incident.
Posted in Dawn, March 27, 2025
