Five bullet-riddled bodies found hanging from electric pole in Pakistan
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Balochistan, Pakistan’s least populous province, is home to several militant groups.
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QUETTA, Pakistan – The bullet-riddled bodies of five people were found hanging from an electric pole in south-western Pakistan on Aug 16, government officials said.
The bodies were discovered early in the morning near a college in Dalbandin city, close to the borders with Afghanistan and Iran in Balochistan province, where Islamist and separatist militant groups have waged a long and bloody insurgency.
“Five bullet-ridden bodies were found hanging from an electric pylon,” Mr Attiq Shahwani, a senior government official in the area, told AFP.
“They have been shifted to a local hospital. Doctors have ascertained that the cause of death is multiple bullet wounds, mostly in the chest area.”
He said the men were likely killed on Aug 15.
No missing persons reports were registered with the local police and the men had not yet been identified, he added.
Balochistan, Pakistan’s least populous province, is home to several militant groups, some fighting for independence or a greater share of the region’s mineral resources, with security forces often the target of bombings.
Islamist groups are also behind sectarian violence in the region. AFP
