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18 dead in Balochistan bus attack

18 dead in Balochistan bus attack

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7 Jul 2012 - 11:34
18 dead in Balochistan bus attack
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7 Jul 2012 - 11:34

QUETTA (PAN‘s southwestern Balochistan province on Saturday, police said.

A local police officer, Mohammad Shakil, told Pajhwok Afghan News six gunmen on motorcycles stopped the bus and shot dead the 18 passengers, injuring two others. “The attackers fled the area but we have mounted a manhunt for the killers,” he said.

A local journalist, Bahram, said the incident took place in the Turbat area near Pakistan’s border with Iran. Five Afghans and 13 people from Punjab province died in the assault. The bus was transporting Shiite Muslims to Iran, he added.

A new militant group, Baloch Liberation Tigers, claimed responsibility for the attack.

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