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7 bodies recovered in Balochistan province of Pakistan

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Press Trust of India Karachi
At least seven bodies, including two of women with bullet injuries, were found today in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province, police said.

The bodies were found from two different districts of Quetta and Pishin in the morning.

Police said that bodies of two men and two women with bullet wounds were found in Killi Paind Khan area of Quetta.

"It was targeted killing as the victims were killed from close range," a police official said.

Separately, three bodies of men were found in Pishin.

Neither the identity nor the motive of killing in both incidents was known and police has started investigations.
 

Balochistan has faced low-level insurgency by nationalists who want greater control over resources.

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First Published: Aug 11 2015 | 3:42 PM IST

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