Pakistan: Gunmen kill 23 after forcing them out of vehicles in Balochistan

At least 23 people were killed after they were forced out of their vehicles and shot by Gunmen in southwest Pakistan on Monday, PTI reported.

According to AFP, the militants stopped several buses, trucks and vans and shot people after checking their ethnicity in the district of Musakhail in Balochistan province. Five people were injured.

“At least 22 people were killed and five injured when militants stopped several busses, trucks and vans on a highway connecting Punjab with Balochistan,” Najibullah Kakar, a senior official in Musakhail, told AFP.

“Vehicles travelling to and from Punjab were inspected, and individuals from Punjab were identified and shot,” he added.

Assistant Commissioner Musakhail Najeeb Kakar said that armed men blocked the inter-provincial highway in the Rarasham district of Musakhel and offloaded passengers, reported Dawn. They also set 10 vehicles on fire.