Eight killed in attack on Pakistani pro-government militia leaders

A relative (L) mourns his family member, who was killed by unknown gunmen, next to his body in an ambulance, outside the Civil Hospital morgue in Karachi February 9, 2014. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - A sleeping family of eight were killed in an attack on the home of two pro-government militia leaders in Pakistan's restive Baluchistan region on Sunday, officials said.

The victims included women and children and the two brothers, who helped to lead a local pro-government militia in Dera Bugti district, about 250 km (150 miles) southwest of the provincial capital, Quetta, police said.