QUETTA: At least seven passengers hailing from Punjab were killed by the unidentified armed men in Barkhan area of Balochistan province.
The attack took place in the Rarkan area, where unidentified armed men stopped a passenger bus and opened fire into the air.
The gunmen then boarded the bus, checked the passengers' identity cards, and forcibly took seven individuals to a nearby mountain. Shortly after, gunshots were heard.
The victims were belonged to different cities of Punjab.
Assistant Commissioner Barkhan Khadim Hussain confirmed that seven passengers were gunned down after identification.
According to the Assistant Commissioner, the bus was going from Quetta to Faisalabad. The Levies and FC have surrounded the area. The bodies are being shifted to the hospital.
The bus passenger Zeeshan told the media that 10, 12 gunmen stopped the bus and then shot and killed 7 passengers.
Zeeshan said that his brother Adnan was also taken off the bus and was killed. The brother was taken off the bus after seeing the identity card.
On the other hand, Chief Minister Balochistan Sarfaraz Bugti has strongly condemned the brutal killing of seven passengers in Barkhan, saying that terrorists are targeting innocent people.
He said that the cowardly act of the miscreants is unbearable and it will be strongly answered.
According to the Balochistan government, FC and Levies have arrived at the scene after the Barkhan incident and security forces are pursuing terrorists.
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President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif strongly condemned the killing of seven bus passengers in the Barkhan city of Balochistan.
