Islamabad: Gunmen in south-western Pakistan executed at least seven people in their sleep, in what police on Thursday said was a second incident of ethnic terrorism in the same region within a month.
The attack occurred in the volatile coastal town of Gwadar where Pakistan’s political ally China is building a deep-sea port, a project opposed by the West and locals alike.
The victims were from the central province of Punjab and were running a barber shop in the town, local police chief Mohsin Ali said. It was the second incident targeting people from Punjab in the militancy-infested province of Balochistan in around three weeks. Last month militants off-loaded nine bus passengers and killed them in an execution-style shooting.
The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), a nationalist militant group that opposes Chinese investments in the province, claimed the previous attack, saying the agents of spy agencies were targeted. (DPA)
