In a tragic incident on Wednesday, bullet-ridden bodies of at least 15 people were found in the Buleda area of Turbat, Balochistan.
According to the deputy commissioner of Turbat, the men, who hailed from Punjab, were sprayed with bullets by unidentified people when the victims were crossing a mountainous region to illegally enter Iran. The police suspect that the 15 victims were trying to enter Iran in order to leave for Europe through the Gorakh area of Turbat near the Pak-Iran border.
The bodies of the victims have been shifted to nearby hospitals for postmortem following which the process of identification could begin, confirmed the deputy commissioner. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the deadly targeted shooting incident.
In May this year, three labourers building a highway were also killed in a drive-by shooting in Kech district.
