QUETTA: A Karachi family that was led astray by Google Maps was fired on in Kech district, leaving one man dead and a woman seriously injured, police said.
Officials said the Nazimabad-based family was travelling to Quetta when the navigation app directed them off course to Khand area in Dast, Kech. Unknown gunmen opened fire on the vehicle there late last night.
Karachi resident Ali Jamil was killed in the attack. A woman in the car was critically wounded. Two minor children with the family escaped unhurt.
Police confirmed the body and the injured woman have been shifted to Karachi.
The incident has raised concerns over reliance on digital navigation in remote and insecure areas of Balochistan.
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