Unknown gunmen stopped a bus in Barkhan, Balochistan, forcing passengers off and killing 7 people after checking their ID cards. Security forces are investigating.

QUETTA: Miscreants killed seven “Punjabi passengers” after offloading them from a bus on National Highway in Balochistan’s Barkhan district late on Tuesday night, the security and administration

Seven bus passengers were killed by gunmen in Balochistan’s Barkhan district. The attack occurred as the bus was traveling from Quetta to Punjab’s Faisalabad.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has expressed grief and sorrow over the killing of bus passengers by terrorists in Barkhan, Balochistan. Commiserating with the bereaved families, he prayed for the departed souls. The Prime Minister directed that the perpetrators be brought to justice at the earliest.

Seven passengers were killed in a gun attack on a bus in Barakhan, Balochistan, after armed men stopped the vehicle on a national highway. Security sources confirmed that the assailants set up a blockade on the highway in the Rarkan area and forced the passengers out of the bus, Express News reported.