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2009.
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| Summary/Abstract |
The mysterious kidnap and subsequent killing of three Baloch leaders has further deepened the hatred and sense of alienation in the province. When reports that the mutilated bodies of the leaders - Ghulam Muhammad Baloch, the president of the Baloch National Movement (BNM), Lala Munir Baloch, a member of BNM's central committee and Sher Muhammad Baloch, a leader of the Baloch Republican Party - had been dumped in a deserted area near Turbat town started pouring into newspaper offices in Quetta, the journalist community was unwilling to believe the stories, as the three men were purely political activists and leaders. Although they all supported the Baloch resistance movement, none of them were involved in any armed activity themselves. The leaders had been whisked away on April 2 by armed assailants from the office of Kachkol Ali Advocate, a former leader of the opposition in the Balochistan Assembly, in Turbat town. A lawyer was also picked up from the office but later released
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