“Fatal Attack in Balochistan: 11 Lives Lost as Bus Comes Under Fire, Passengers Abducted”
Correspondent QUETTA: In a tragic incident in Balochistan’s Noshki, an unidentified group attacked a bus, resulting in the loss of at least 11 lives, including nine passengers. The assailants opened fire on the bus and also abducted some of the travelers.
More than a dozen attackers opened fire on a bus after it failed to stop at a roadblock on the Quetta-Taftan N-40 Highway, said Deputy Commissioner Noshki Habibullah Musakhail.
Several gunmen then boarded the Iran-bound bus in Noshki district, taking nine men with them after determining they were from the province of Punjab, elaborated police officer Abdullah Mengal.
“All of them were travelling to Taftan,” he said adding that the victims were shot at close range.
Their bullet-ridden bodies were found from beneath a bridge after one and a half hours, added Musakhail.
The deputy commissioner further said that the FC and local law enforcement agencies initiated a search operation following the incident.
Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Sarfraz Bugti condemned the incident and said that the culprits behind this inhumane act will be held accountable.
He added that those involved in such cowardly attacks will be chased and punished.
“The enemies of peace are enemies of the country, the purpose of terrorist incidents is to sabotage the peace of Balochistan, but the state will play its role,” said Bugti.
