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Six abducted labourers found shot dead in Balochistan
The bullet-riddled bodies of six labourers, abducted two days ago from Balochistan, were found on Thursday, the province's Home Minister said. Four of the men were from Punjab and two from Khyber…
The Story in Brief
The bullet-riddled bodies of six labourers, abducted two days ago from Balochistan, were found on Thursday, the province's Home Minister said. Four of the men were from Punjab and two from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Babar Yousufzai told reporters. Unidentified gunmen blocked the Turbat-Mand road on Tuesday and abducted seven labourers, killing one on the spot. No insurgent group has claimed responsibility. The Hindu reports that abductions of workers from outside Balochistan are frequent in the restive province. A few days earlier, two courier workers were abducted from a highway in Mastu.
The Indian Opinion
The killings in Balochistan are often framed as either separatist violence or state negligence. Neither captures the full picture: no group has claimed this attack, and abductions target workers from other provinces with grim regularity. The state's failure to secure highways is undeniable, but jumping to ethnic explanations ignores the criminal and personal motives that also drive such violence. The test will come if a known insurgent group claims responsibility or if the Punjab and KP governments press Islamabad for answers.
Source: thehindu.com
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