STORY: Gunmen kill 7 passengers in Pakistan's Balochistan
SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 18, 2025
DATELINE: Feb. 20, 2025
LENGTH: 00:00:31
LOCATION: Islamabad
CATEGORY: SOCIETY

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2. various of the rescue

STORYLINE:

At least seven passengers were killed by unidentified gunmen in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province, officials confirmed on Wednesday.

The attack occurred at 11:45 p.m. on Tuesday (1845 GMT) at a highway in the Barkhan district of the province, where around 11 armed assailants stopped a passenger bus, police sources from the district told Xinhua.

The passengers were traveling from the provincial capital city of Quetta to Faisalabad district of eastern Punjab province.

"The gunmen appeared to have specific intelligence about their targets, as they only stopped this particular vehicle and selectively killed the victims," the sources added.

The assailants fled the scene before security forces arrived.

Barkhan is a bordering district between Punjab and Balochistan, making it a key transit route for travelers between the two provinces, the sources added.

Following the incident, law enforcement agencies launched a search operation in the area to track down the perpetrators.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack yet.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Islamabad.
(XHTV)