Ten Passengers Target Killed in Bolan

The Baloch Hal News

SIBI: Unidentified gunmen shot 10 passengers dead and injured another five on Saturday morning after intercepting the bus near ‘Aab-e-Gum’ area of district (Kachhi) Bolan.

According to police sources, the gunmen riding on bikes intercepted the passengers’ bus which was coming from Lahore to Quetta in the morning. They asked all passengers to dismount the bus and after identifying 15 passengers as residents of Punjab province, they opened fire at them.

The bodies and the injured have been shifted to Civil Hospital Quetta. The police viewed the incident as targeted killing on the occasion of Independence Day.

Meanwhile, one person died and 16 others were injured when a truck carrying flood-affected people overturned near Mithri.

In a seperate incident, four persons suffered injuries in a road mishap near Bakhtiarabad Domki who have been shifted to Sibi hospital.

According to one local news agency, the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA0 accepted responsibility for the killings.