KHUZDAR: A senior official of the Balochistan Levies Force was gunned down in an attack in Mastung on Tuesday.

Police officials said In-charge of Levies Force in Mastung district Gul Mohammad Shahwani was targeted by armed men when he was going to work from his residence.

Armed men riding a motorcycle opened fire on the Levies official when he was passing through the Mastung Football Stadium. He received multiple bullet wounds. Police took him to Nawab Ghous Bakhsh Raisani Memorial Hospital where he succumbed to his wounds. The assailants escaped after the attack. Police have registered a case against unknown armed men and started an investigation.