Turbat killing: Victims’ families left devastated as bodies reach home
About 15 bullet-ridden bodies were recovered a day earlier from Buleda area of Turbat's Kech district
November 16, 2017
The family of Ghulam Rabbani, whose body was found along with 14 others on Wednesday, was hard to console as they heard the news of the killing.
The sound of his mother’s wail echoed around his house as his body was brought home. Extended families members came to the house to extend their condolences.
About 15 bullet-ridden bodies were recovered a day earlier from Buleda area of Kech district in Turbat. After offering their funeral prayers the bodies were sent to the respective areas in Punjab, where the deceased hailed from.
Rabbani’s brother, Kashif Chand, while speaking to Geo News shared that an agent, identified as Abid Hussain, had guaranteed safe passage for Rabbani to Iran.
Chand remarked that Rabbani had left his house on November 2 with dreams to improve his life.
Similarly, Zulfikar Ali, Khurram Shahzad and Azhar Waqas had left their respective homes hoping for a better future. The three belong to Mandi Bahauddin.
Others have been identified as Ahsan Raza, Tayyab Raza, Saifullah, Ghafoor Ahmed, Muhammad Hassan Nazir, Ghufran Zahid and Yund. Four of the deceased are yet to be identified.
The men were deceived by human traffickers that they will be taken to Europe through Iran.
Funeral prayers offered
Earlier in the day, the funeral prayers of the deceased were held in Turbat and attended by the chief minister, as well as other senior civil and military officials.
The bodies were later sent to the respective areas in Punjab where the deceased hailed from.
A special plane of the military, C-130, took the bodies to homes of the deceased. Earlier, it was reported that ambulances from the Edhi Foundation will transport the bodies.
