Gunmen kill 20 miners and wound others in an attack in southwest Pakistan
- Unidentified gunmen killed at least 20 miners and wounded seven in an attack at a coal mine in southwestern Pakistan.
- The attack occurred early on October 11 in Balochistan, a province that borders Afghanistan and Iran.
- Attackers used heavy weapons, gathered miners, and destroyed equipment at the Junaid Coal company mines.
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At least 20 killed in armed attack on miners in Balochistan’s Duki - Pakistan Today
QUETTA: At least 20 miners were killed and seven injured in an attack by armed men on a small private coal mine in Balochistan’s Duki area on Friday. The incident comes amid heightened security concerns across the country, especially in Balochistan. It reported in media that a group of armed men attacked the Junaid Coal company mines in the Duki area in the wee hours using heavy weapons. They fired rockets and grenades at the mines as well, SHO …
Gunmen kill at least 20 miners in Pakistan province
At least 20 coal miners have been killed in a brutal attack by gunmen at a mining site in Balochistan province, southwestern Pakistan. The attackers stormed the miners’ accommodation at the Junaid Coal Company in the Duki district early Friday morning, rounding up the workers and opening fire, according to local police. Authorities report that heavy weapons, including rockets and grenades, were used in the attack, which also left six people inju…

20 Pakistan coal miners shot dead in attack
Twenty coal miners were shot dead in an overnight attack on their lodgings by a group of heavily armed men in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province, police said Friday. No group has claimed the attack, but separatist militants in Balochistan regularly target natural resource extraction projects dotted across the mineral-rich province, which is the poorest in
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