Islamabad: At least 33 people were killed in south-western Pakistan in a string of terrorist attacks that targeted policemen, local residents and passengers, officials said on Monday.
The terrorists launched attacks in at least three different regions and targeted railway tracks, a gas pipeline and a police station, said Shahid Rind, a spokesman for the provincial government. At least 23 people were killed in the early morning after armed men forced passengers off trucks and buses, checked their identities and killed those from the province of Punjab.
The passengers were killed in the district of Musakhail, where armed men blocked the inter-provincial highway and set fire to vehicles. Another 10 people, including five policemen and five civilians, were killed in Kalat district, said Ihsanullah Khan from the local police. The militants also detonated a railway track in the Bolan region and damaged a gas pipeline in the Dera Bugti area. A banned group of separatist insurgents, the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), claimed responsibility for the attacks. (DPA)
