All the persons were taken off the trucks and passenger buses and shot dead, armed persons also set fire to 10 vehicles.
Quetta - 23 people were killed after they were identified and taken off their vehicles in the Musakhel area of Balochistan province. According to media reports, SSP Musa Khel Ayub Achakzai said that all the people were taken off the trucks and passenger buses and shot dead. The vehicles were also set on fire, after receiving the information about the incident, the police and Levies officials reached the spot and shifted the bodies to the hospital, while further investigation of the incident was also started.
The spokesperson of the Balochistan government, Shahid Rand, says that the area of Musa Khel is adjacent to Dera Ghazi Khan and there is usually not much security on the small roads, the terrorists took advantage of the darkness of the night to kill the passengers. Sarfraz Bagti condemned the terrorist incident near Musa Khel in strong terms and expressed his heartfelt condolences to the families of the deceased.
Yesterday in Balochistan, 11 people were killed and more than 30 were injured when the bus of pilgrims returning from Iran fell into a ditch. Due to the failure, the bus fell into the ditch, 11 people died in the accident and more than 30 were injured, the bodies of the injured and dead were shifted to nearby hospitals, and other organizations including Levies are engaged in rescue operations. This bus was going from Iran to Punjab, the pilgrims belonged to the Lahore and Gujranwala areas of Punjab
