Leaders Online: Unknown terrorists killed at least 11 people, including nine passengers on a bus, in two separate incidents in Pakistan's Balochistan province, officials said on Saturday. In the first incident, armed terrorists stopped a bus on the highway in Noshki district on Friday and abducted nine people at gunpoint, police said. (Balochistan Pakistan)
Informing about the incident, an official said, “The bodies of these 9 people were found near a bridge in a hilly area with bullet holes.” The said bus was going from Quetta towards Taftan. “In the meantime, armed gunmen stopped it and after identifying the passengers, took the 9 people to the hilly area,” the official added.
In another incident, a car was fired at on the same highway. Two passengers died in this incident. Both were injured. Speaking about the incident, Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Sarfraz Bugti said that the terrorists involved in the killing of 11 people on Noshki highway will not be spared and action will be taken against them soon.
Asserting that the terrorists concerned will be tracked down, Bugti said that their aim was to disrupt peace in Balochistan. Minister Mohsin Naqvi has also condemned this incident. He said that the government stands by the families of the deceased. (Balochistan Pakistan)
No banned organization has yet claimed responsibility for these massacres. But in recent days this year, Balochistan province has seen an increase in terrorist attacks by banned organizations and terrorists.
The banned Balochistan Liberation Army has claimed three major terrorist attacks in the last few days on the naval base in Mach city, Gwadar port and Turbat. Meanwhile, security forces have killed around 17 terrorists.
Pakistan: Nine people from Punjab were killed near Noshki, Balochistan in the early hours of Saturday, when gunmen forced them off a bus they were traveling in and shot them, officials said. Another attack on a separate vehicle killed one person and injured four, reports…
— ANI (@ANI) April 13, 2024
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