Seven die in Zhob after vehicle sprayed with bullets.

QUETTA -- Seven people, including a tribal elder and his two brothers, were killed after their vehicle was sprayed with bullets in Balochistan's Zhob district on Thursday.

Levies officials said the incident happened in the Khurlam area of Murgha Kibzai, some 80 kilometres from Zhob town.

Officials said Ahmed Khan Kibzai was travelling in his vehicle along with his two brothers and some other people. When they reached Khurlam, located close to the PakAistan-Afghan border, unidentified shooters hiding in nearby mountains opened fire on the vehicle using automatic weapons. Seven people died on the spot, while one person was injured.

'The victims tried to escape from the vehicle but were not given a chance to save their lives,' a senior Levies official said, adding that the bodies of Mr Kibzai and his two brothers were charred after the vehicle later caught fire due to firing.

Levies officials rushed to the site after receiving information about the incident and shifted...