Karachi: Three people were killed and two others injured when unidentified gunmen opened fire in a Pashtun-dominated area of Pakistan’s Balochistan province, police said.
The killings took place late Saturday in the Masezai area of the Killa Abdullah district.
The area is socially and culturally a tribal region dominated by Pashtun tribes and is located about 60 kilometres northwest of the provincial capital Quetta.
Angry tribesmen blocked and disrupted all traffic and trade on the main Quetta-Chaman Highway Sunday to protest the incident, according to a senior police official. The key route connects Karachi, Quetta, and Chaman.
Killa Abdullah district Superintendent of Police Abdul Saboor said they were negotiating with the protesting tribesmen, who are demanding the capture of the gunmen who killed the three civilians and injured two others.
The tribesmen have said that they will neither bury the dead nor clear the highway until the killers are captured and better security is provided in the region.
