Three coal miners shot dead in Balochistan’s Harnai district

HARNAI, Nov 21 (SABAH): Three persons working in a coal mine were killed when unknown armed men opened fire on them at Shahrag area of Harnai district in Balochistan on Sunday.

According to Levies sources, all the three dead bodies have been shifted to hospital in Harnai and hunt for the arrest of the unidentified militants is underway.

Deputy Commissioner Harnai district Sohail Hashmi told a private TV channel that the assailants arrived at the coal mine in the wee hours of Sunday and opened fire on the colliers, leaving three of them dead on the spot. He said the deceased belonged to Kandahar, Afghanistan.

According to the Balochistan Levies personnel, the region was cordoned off after the incident and security forces began searching for the culprits.