Tag: assailants

  • Around 26 Shia pilgrims killed in Quetta

    QUETTA: Gunmen opened fire on a bus in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan in a suspected sectarian attack on Tuesday, killing around 26 Shia Muslim pilgrims traveling to Iran, police said. Four assailants attacked the bus carrying more than 50 pilgrims near Mastung town around 50 km (30 miles) from the provincial capital of Quetta.…

  • Gunmen attack bus in Balochistan, 20 killed

    QUETTA: Gunmen opened fire on a bus in the Mastung area of Balochistan, carrying passengers to Iran on Tuesday, killing around 20 Shia pilgrims, police said. “The bus was travelling to the town of Taftan when it was attacked,” a police official in Quetta, the provincial capital, told Reuters. The bus was carrying 60 passengers…