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26 Shiites killed in Pakistan
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September 21, 2011, Wednesday
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GUNMEN opened fire on minority Shiite Muslim pilgrims traveling through southwest Pakistan yesterday, killing 26 people in an apparent sectarian attack, officials and survivors said.
The pilgrims were traveling by bus through Mastung district in Baluchistan province on their way to the Iranian border when the attack occurred, said Khushhal Khan, the driver of the bus, which was carrying at least 40 people.
A pickup truck blocked the vehicle's path, and a group of at least eight men carrying rockets and guns forced the passengers off, Khan told a local television station. The passengers tried to run, but the gunmen opened fire, killing 26 people and wounding six others.
The men then jumped in their truck and sped off, said Khan. The wounded lay on the ground for nearly an hour before rescue workers arrived, he said.
Local television footage showed rescue workers loading the dead and wounded into ambulances to take them to the provincial capital of Quetta, 55 kilometers to the north.
Vehicles carrying Shiite pilgrims are usually provided with protection as they travel through Mastung, but authorities weren't notified about this particular bus, said Saeed Umrani, a senior government official in Mastung.
The pilgrims were traveling by bus through Mastung district in Baluchistan province on their way to the Iranian border when the attack occurred, said Khushhal Khan, the driver of the bus, which was carrying at least 40 people.
A pickup truck blocked the vehicle's path, and a group of at least eight men carrying rockets and guns forced the passengers off, Khan told a local television station. The passengers tried to run, but the gunmen opened fire, killing 26 people and wounding six others.
The men then jumped in their truck and sped off, said Khan. The wounded lay on the ground for nearly an hour before rescue workers arrived, he said.
Local television footage showed rescue workers loading the dead and wounded into ambulances to take them to the provincial capital of Quetta, 55 kilometers to the north.
Vehicles carrying Shiite pilgrims are usually provided with protection as they travel through Mastung, but authorities weren't notified about this particular bus, said Saeed Umrani, a senior government official in Mastung.
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