KHUZDAR: Four people, among them a father and his son, were killed in an attack on their car in Gidar area of Kalat district on Sunday, Levies sources said.

Obaidullah Mengal, Bashir Ahmed Mengal, Sultan Ahmed and Ghous Bakhsh were going to Gidar when their car was fired upon. They died on the spot.

`The deceased included a man and his father,` sources said, adding the assault might have been caused by a land dispute.

Personnel of the lawenforcement agencies took the bodies to Surab hospital and later handed them over to the heirs.

GREANADE ATTACK: A grenade was lobbed into the house of one Samiullah Lehri in Khatan area on the outskirts of Khuzdar, police said.

Windowpanes were smashed by the impact of the blast, they said, adding the incident was followed by an exchange of fire between the attackers and Mr Lehri.

`No casualty was reported,` police said.