Relatives of bus passengers killed by unidentified gunmen protest outside the house of the chief minister in Quetta on May 30, 2015. PHOTO: AFP
According to the copy of the FIR available with The Express Tribune, the case was registered on the behalf of provincial government and contained sections 302, 324, 171, 365, and 427 Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) and Anti-Terrorism acts were added in the FIR.
While referring to a report appearing in a local newspaper, wherein the banned United Baloch (UBA) had claimed responsibility for the attack, cases were registered against Zamuran Marri alias Miran Marri, Abdul Nabi Bangulzai, Sher Alam Marri, Sarfraz Bangulzai, Qadir Marri, Shah Baksh, Nisar, Mohammed Hussain and four others.
A man carries his injured child as they arrive at a hospital in Quetta on May 30, 2015, after unidentified gunmen stormed passenger buses in Mastung. PHOTO: AFP
In a grisly execution-style attack on Friday, 20 passengers were lined up and shot dead after being pulled off two buses in Balochistan’s Mastung district.
Read: Execution-style killing: 20 bus passengers mowed down in Mastung
Coming from the Pashtun-dominated area of Pishin, the two Karachi-bound buses were intercepted and stopped in Gidrang, Kadocha in Mastung district by as many as 40 gunmen at around 8:00pm, according to security forces and Balochistan home department officials.
Following the attack, security forces launched a search operation in the area and have so far reportedly killed seven suspected militants.
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