FC soldier sentenced to death over Baloch studentâs murder
Hayat Baloch was killed in Turbat in August 2020 SAMAA | Web desk - Posted: Jan 20, 2021 | Last Updated: 3 months ago SAMAA | Web desk Posted: Jan 20, 2021 | Last Updated: 3 months ago
Hayat Baloch. Photo: Twitter
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A Balochistan court sentenced on Wednesday a Frontier Corps soldier to death for murdering a Karachi University student Hayat Baloch in Turbat last year.
District and Sessions Court Judge Rafique Ahmed announced the verdict.
Hayat, a student of physiology at Karachi University, had been working on a farm with his father in Turbatâs Absar area, when FC personnel killed him on August 13, 2020, according to his father. Hayat had been visiting his hometown on vacations.
At least four injured in blast in Balochistan s Turbat
The attack is believed to have been carried out by militants seeking to target a Frontier Corps checkpost. AFP/File
At least four people were injured in an explosion in Turbat s Cinema bazaar in Balochistan on Sunday, police officials said.
The injured were shifted to District Headquarters Hospital, Turbat for medical treatment while police and Frontier Corps (FC) personnel cordoned off the area and started investigations.
The attack is believed to have been carried out by militants seeking to target an FC check post, a police official told
Dawn.com.
The attack comes less than three months after a soldier of Pakistan Army embraced martyrdom and three others suffered injuries in an attack on a patrolling party of security forces near the Jhaki post in Turbat.