Balochistan Latest News: At least 23 individuals were killed in Balochistan’s Musakhail district when assailants forcibly removed them from trucks and buses before opening fire on them after verifying their identities
Later, in a statement to news agency , the Musakhail assistant commissioner confirmed that while three of the victims were from Balochistan, the remaining were from Pakistani Punjab.
«Vehicles travelling to and from Punjab were inspected, and individuals from Punjab were identified and shot», he added.
At the time of filing, said that no details had been released regarding the attackers.
The report added that Monday’s killings were the second incident of this nature this year. In April, nine passengers were pulled from a bus near Balochistan’s Noshki city and executed after their identity cards were checked by gunmen.
Such attacks have occurred in previous years as well. In October last year, unidentified assailants fatally shot six labourers from Punjab in Turbat, located in Balochistan’s Kech district. At that time, local police had suggested that the killings were targeted and the victims had been selected based on their ethnic background.
Before that, in 2019, gunmen had intercepted a bus near Ormara in Gwadar district, killing 14 people, including personnel from Pakistan’s Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard, after verifying their national identity cards.
