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Gunmen kill 20 miners and wound others in an attack in southwest Pakistan

Gunmen kill 20 miners and wound others in an attack in southwest Pakistan | iNFOnews.ca
This is a locator map for Pakistan with its capital, Islamabad, and the Kashmir region. (AP Photo)
Original Publication Date: October 10, 2024 7:49PM
Publication Updated: April 11, 2025 10:19PM

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Gunmen killed 20 miners and wounded another seven in Pakistan’s southwest, a police official said Friday.

It’s the latest attack in restive Balochistan province and comes days ahead of a major security summit being hosted in the capital.

Police official Hamayun Khan Nasir said the gunmen stormed the accommodations at the coal mine in Duki district late Thursday night, rounded up the men and opened fire.

Most of the men were from Pashtun-speaking areas of Balochistan. Three of the dead and four of the wounded were Afghan.

Nobody claimed immediate responsibility for the attack.

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