It's the latest attack in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province and comes days ahead of a major security summit being hosted in the capital. No group claimed immediate responsibility for the attack.
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Gunmen killed 20 miners and wounded seven others in Pakistan’s southwest, a police official said Friday, drawing condemnation from
Police say gunmen killed 20 miners and wounded seven others in Pakistan’s southwest. No group claimed responsibility, but suspicion is likely to fall on the outlawed Baloch Liberation Army.
The gunmen stormed the accommodation at a coal mine in Pakistan’s Duki district late Thursday night, rounded up the men and opened fire, police official Hamayun Khan Nasir said. The province is home to several separatist groups who want independence.
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