Balochistan unrest: Gunmen attack Lahore bound buses, kill three
Gunmen also kidnap two passengers after ascertaining their ethnicity.
QUETTA:
At least three passengers were shot dead and six injured when armed men attacked two buses in the Machh area of Kachi district, some 40 kilometres southeast of Quetta, on Thursday night.
The gunmen also kidnapped two passengers after ascertaining their ethnicity by checking the CNICs of the passengers, sources said.
Home Secretary Akbar Hussain Durani, talking to The Express Tribune, said that unidentified assailants opened fire on two Lahore bound buses. Sources added that over two dozen armed men charged down the hills in Gyatani area of Machh and sprayed bullets on both buses.
Durani said that Levies personnel challenged the attackers and an exchange of fire ensued which lasted for over two hours. The deceased were identified as Muhammad Siddique, resident of Faisalabad, Muhammad Kashif and Muhammad Jamshaid both residents of Quetta and a injured truck driver identified as Mohammad Essa.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 21st, 2012.
At least three passengers were shot dead and six injured when armed men attacked two buses in the Machh area of Kachi district, some 40 kilometres southeast of Quetta, on Thursday night.
The gunmen also kidnapped two passengers after ascertaining their ethnicity by checking the CNICs of the passengers, sources said.
Home Secretary Akbar Hussain Durani, talking to The Express Tribune, said that unidentified assailants opened fire on two Lahore bound buses. Sources added that over two dozen armed men charged down the hills in Gyatani area of Machh and sprayed bullets on both buses.
Durani said that Levies personnel challenged the attackers and an exchange of fire ensued which lasted for over two hours. The deceased were identified as Muhammad Siddique, resident of Faisalabad, Muhammad Kashif and Muhammad Jamshaid both residents of Quetta and a injured truck driver identified as Mohammad Essa.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 21st, 2012.