Gunmen killed seven workers in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan late Saturday, police said.
Police said armed men stormed a residence where workers from eastern Punjab province were staying and opened fire with automatic weapons. No one has claimed responsibility.
“Seven laborers have been shot dead by unidentified armed men in Khuda-e-Abadan area of Panjgur city,” Panjgur Senior Superintendent of Police Syed Fazil Shah told Reuters. He said that another laborer was injured.
In August, Balochistan faced its most widespread violence in years when separatist militants attacked police stations, railway lines and highways, prompting security forces to retaliate.
More than 70 people were killed, including residents of Punjab visiting or working in the province, whose trucks were stopped or they were deboarded by buses.
Those attacks were claimed by the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), one of several ethnic rebel groups fighting the central government, saying it unfairly exploits gas and mineral resources in a province where poverty is rampant. Is prevalent. He wants the expulsion of Chinese interests and the independence of Balochistan.