Turbat killings

The Turbat killings refers to the murder of three Baloch nationalist political leaders in April 2009 in Turbat, Balochistan, Pakistan. The nationalist leaders were kidnapped by gunmen and murdered.[1] The three murdered were:

According to an eyewitness, the trio were picked up by members of a security agency after they attended a court hearing in Turbat on April 3, 2009. Their mutilated and decomposed bodies were found five days later on April 8, 2009 in Pidrak, 35km away from their place of arrest.[2]

Pakistani intelligence agencies, including the Inter-Services Intelligence and the Military Intelligence, were accused of being behind the killing.[3] The killings sparked protests, riots and strikes in towns and cities in Balochistan and other Baloch-dominated areas of Pakistan.[4]

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References

  1. ^ Amit Bagaria (9 October 2019). 72 Unfinished things India needs to do. Notion Press. ISBN 9781644296264.
  2. ^ Three political activists are found murdered after daylight abduction, Asian Human Rights Commission, 9 April 2009
  3. ^ Fingers point at state intelligence agencies in the killings of three Baloch nationalist leaders, Asian Human Rights Commission, 11 April 2009
  4. ^ Balochistan deaths spark strikes, BBC, 10 April 2009
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