MASTUNG: In the incident of target killing, at least 29 passengers
were killed and more than 20 injured when unknown assailants opened fire
on a bus going to Iran.
Unlucky bus had started its journey at about 4 in the afternoon from Quetta for Iran via Tafftan on Tuesday carrying 60 pilgrims, when it reached at Ghunja Dori near Lak Pass some 25 km away from Quetta, four unknown motorcyclists blocked the way of the bus.
When driver stopped the bus, the assailants entered and opened indiscriminate fire on the pilgrims resulting in the death of 29 passengers while more than 20 were injured. The attackers managed to escape from the crime scene. The eye witnessed said that the killers completed the massacre without any haste.
After the incipient Levies Force and other rescue teams reached the spot and shifted dead bodies as well as wounded persons to Bolan Medical Complex and other hospitals of Quetta and Mastung. Police started investigation of the incident.
It is pertinent to mention here that during Ramazan same kind of incident was occurred in the area, when unknown miscreants opened fire on a vehicle killing the nephew of Chief Minister Baluchistan.
Unlucky bus had started its journey at about 4 in the afternoon from Quetta for Iran via Tafftan on Tuesday carrying 60 pilgrims, when it reached at Ghunja Dori near Lak Pass some 25 km away from Quetta, four unknown motorcyclists blocked the way of the bus.
When driver stopped the bus, the assailants entered and opened indiscriminate fire on the pilgrims resulting in the death of 29 passengers while more than 20 were injured. The attackers managed to escape from the crime scene. The eye witnessed said that the killers completed the massacre without any haste.
After the incipient Levies Force and other rescue teams reached the spot and shifted dead bodies as well as wounded persons to Bolan Medical Complex and other hospitals of Quetta and Mastung. Police started investigation of the incident.
It is pertinent to mention here that during Ramazan same kind of incident was occurred in the area, when unknown miscreants opened fire on a vehicle killing the nephew of Chief Minister Baluchistan.