QUETTA: Unidentified gunmen killed seven people travelling to Punjab after off-loading them from a passenger bus, in the Barkhan district late on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
Officials told Dawn that a group of around 40 armed men stopped several buses and other vehicles near Rakhani, on the Barkhan-Dera Ghazi Khan Highway.<\/p>\n
\u201cArmed men offloaded seven passengers from a coach after checking their identity cards and killed them,\u201d Barkhan Deputy Commissioner Waqar Khurshid Alam said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll seven who were traveling in the coach belonged to Punjab, and were on their way to Lahore,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
After disembarking them from the coach, the gunmen opened fire, killing them on the spot, he said, adding that the attackers managed to escape.<\/p>\n
The bodies of the seven slain men were later shifted to the district headquarters hospital.<\/p>\n
The Barkhan deputy commissioner said that FC and levies personnel had reached the site and cordoned off the area.<\/p>\n
Balochistan has witnessed a spate of attacks targeting those hailing from Punjab. In two separate incidents in April 2024, nine people were killed after being forced off a bus near Noshki, while two labourers from Punjab were shot in Kech.<\/p>\n
In May last year, seven barbers from Punjab were shot dead near Gwadar, while August saw 23 travellers offloaded from trucks and buses and shot in the Musakhail district. <\/p>\n
No group has claimed responsiblity for the attack so far.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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