Pakistan militants attack highway vehicles, killing 23


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  • Monday, 26 Aug 2024

QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) -A militant attack on a highway in southwestern Pakistan targeted vehicles from buses to goods trucks, killing at least 23 people, officials said on Monday, with ten vehicles set ablaze.

Armed men blocked the route in the restive province of Balochistan on Sunday night, took passengers off the vehicles, and shot them after checking their identity cards, a senior superintendent of police, Ayub Achakzai, told Reuters.

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