Sunday, 03 January 2021 (YJC)_ At least 11 coal miners were kidnapped and later killed in southwestern Pakistan.
At least 11 coal miners were kidnapped and later killed in southwestern Pakistan on Sunday, officials said.
The incident took place in the remote Mach area of the southwestern Balochistan province, a key route to multi-billion-dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project, according to Murad Kaas, the deputy commissioner of the provincial capital Quetta.
Kaas told reporters that four miners were also injured in the incident, who were taken in critical condition to a local hospital.
He said the miners were on their way when kidnapped by a group of armed militants who took them to nearby mountains and later shot them before fleeing.
The terrorist group Islamic state (ISIS) has claimed responsibility for the massacre of Hazara community coal miners in Mach town of Bolan district of Balochistan.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Imran Khan condemned the killings terming it "yet another cowardly inhuman act of terrorism."
In a tweet, Khan said he has directed the law enforcing agencies to use all resources to bring the culprits to justice
There was no immediate claim of responsibility but Baloch separatists frequently carry out attacks in the mineral-rich province.
In December, seven paramilitary troops were killed in a terrorist attack on a check post in the Harnai district of Balochistan.
Source: AA
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