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Gunmen kill at least 19 in Pakistan bus raids | |
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Gunmen in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province have attacked two buses, killing at least 19 passengers, officials have said. | |
The province's Home Minister Sarfraz Bugti said unidentified militants boarded the vehicles travelling to Karachi on Friday evening. | |
Passengers were then ordered off and sprayed with bullets. | |
Balochistan has seen a long-running conflict between separatists and security forces. | |
No group has yet said it carried out the attack on the two buses, which happened near the town of Mastung, south of the provincial capital Quetta. | |
"The armed men were wearing the uniforms of the security forces," Mr Bugti told Reuters. | |
An operation was launched after reports of the incident emerged, and at least five people have been rescued, officials say. | |
However, the number of passengers abducted from on board remains clear, Dawn newspaper reports. | |
It says fighting is ongoing between the attackers and security forces. |