Gunmen in Pakistan kidnap, kill nine bus passengers, officials say

Separatist Baloch fighters person successful past claimed work for attacks successful the southwestern Balochistan province.

Nine autobus passengers person been killed aft gunmen kidnapped them successful Pakistan’s restive southwestern Balochistan province, officials person said.

The passengers were taken from respective buses connected Thursday evening, the provincial authorities spokesman, Shahid Rind, said connected Friday.

The autobus was travelling from Balochistan to the cardinal portion of Punjab. It is thought the travellers were targeted owed to their Punjabi ethnicity, officials said.

The bodies of the victims, riddled with slug wounds, were recovered successful the mountains overnight, different authorities official, Naveed Alam, said.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi confirmed the incidental and powerfully condemned the killings. “The humor of guiltless radical volition beryllium avenged. The sidesplitting of guiltless citizens is an unfastened enactment of coercion by India-sponsored terrorists,” Sharif said.

There was nary contiguous absorption from India to his statement. No 1 has yet claimed work for the attack.

The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), separatist Baloch fighters, person successful the past been progressive successful specified incidents, sidesplitting passengers aft identifying them arsenic coming from the eastbound Punjab province.

The BLA is the strongest of a fig of groups progressive successful a rebellion, who person for years operated successful the country bordering Afghanistan and Iran, a mineral-rich region.

The taste Baloch fighters blasted the authorities successful Pakistan for stealing their determination resources to money spending successful Punjab province.