Gunmen in Pakistan killed eight people after abducting them from a bus on a highway in the country's southwest. The same attackers had earlier killed two people and wounded six in another car they forced to stop. The search for the perpetrators is underway.
QUETTA, Pakistan — Pakistan i police are searching for gunmen who killed eight people after abducting them from a bus on a highway in the country’s southwest, a police official said Saturday, Earlier, the same attackers killed two people and wounded six in another car they forced to stop.Baluchistan province, which has long been the scene of an insurgencyDeputy Commissioner Habibullah Mosakhail said the gunmen set up a blockade, then stopped the bus and went through the passengers’ ID cards.
Police later recovered eight bodies under a bridge about 5 kilometers from the highway. Earlier on Friday, the same gunmen had opened fire at a vehicle that failed to stop for their blockade, killing two and wounding six. A search for the perpetrators was underway, Mosakhail said. The bus was heading from the provincial capital of Quetta to Taftan, a town bordering Iran.or infrastructure.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the killings. Police said there was no ransom demand and no indication of a motive for the attacks.
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