In a shocking incident, at least 14 passengers were forcibly offloaded from a bus on the Makran Coastal Highway in Balochistan’s Ormara area and shot dead by unidentified assailants early on Thursday.
Going by the reports, around 15-20 unidentified armed assailants in camouflage reportedly stopped five or six buses travelling between Karachi and Gwadar.
The attackers, who numbered around two dozen, were wearing uniforms from the paramilitary Frontier Corps. They reportedly stopped buses on the Makran Coastal Highway and gunned down 14 people. The four vehicles were travelling to the port megacity of Karachi from the coastal town of Ormara.
A naval official and a coast guard member were among those killed. Two passengers managed to escape the massacre and made it to the nearest Levies checkpost. They were shifted to Ormara Hospital for treatment.
The motive behind the killings and the identity of the rest of the victims is yet to be ascertained. No one has claimed responsibility for the killings.
Pakistan Prime Minster Imran Khan and Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal has condemned the incident and offered their condolences to the victims’ families.
