A young man was gunned down in broad daylight on Thursday by unknown armed men in the town of Kali Sharif Khan near Noshki, Pak-occupied-Balochistan. The victim has been identified as a student named Balouch son of Nazeer Ahmed Badini.
Reportedly, a group of armed men traveling in a white car with tinted windows opened fire on the young man on Sharif Khan road, killing him on the spot. The attackers immediately fled the scene after the shooting.
The deceased was the younger brother of Absaar Baloch, a renowned poet of the Brahui language. Tragically, this was not the first time violence had touched Baloch’s family.
Last December, Pak Army conducted a raid on their home, and forcefully abducted the victim. He was eventually released, but the ordeal had deeply traumatized the family.
The motive behind the killing remains unknown, but it has sent shockwaves through the local community and reignited concerns over the widespread issue of enforced disappearances and indiscriminate killings by the occupying Pak Army in Pak-occupied-Balochistan.