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Scores killed and disappeared in Balochistan in July, according to new report

AT LEAST 36 people were disappeared and 27 murdered in Pakistan’s Balochistan region last month, including four members of the same family, according to a new report.

Many were killed and abducted by state and paramilitary forces, the Human Rights Council of Balochistan alleged, detailing the incidents.

“In the month of July, many previously disappeared persons were found dead in different parts of Balochistan,” including the mutilated bodies of Ibrahem Mohammad and Noorullah Bakhtyar, the report said.

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