Over Two Dozen Shi'ite Pilgrims Gunned Down in Pakistan
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26 Shi'ite Muslim pilgrims traveling to Iran are gunned down aboard a bus in Pakistan. 3 more people were killed while enroute to the site in an ambulance. Police suspect this was a sectarian attack.
Police say gunmen opened fire on a bus in Pakistan's southwestern province of Baluchistan in a suspected sectarian attack on Tuesday killing at least 26 Shi'ite Muslim pilgrims traveling to Iran.
Four assailants attacked the bus carrying more than 50 pilgrims near Mastung town around 30 miles (50 km) from the provincial capital of Quetta.
[Police Official, Mastung]:
"They opened fire on the bus from all four sides. Then they got into the bus and fired again."
Three more people were killed when gunmen opened fire on an ambulance near Quetta as it headed to the attack site in Mastung.
[Kushal Kahn, Bus Driver]:
"Two vehicles intercepted the bus. (They) Forced all the passengers off and opened fire. Many of them fled. There were eight to 10 men and they were carrying rocket launchers and Kalashnikovs."
Sunni Muslim militants loyal to al Qaeda and the Taliban have carried out high-profile attacks on members of Pakistan's Shi'ite minority in the past.
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26 Shi'ite Muslim pilgrims traveling to Iran are gunned down aboard a bus in Pakistan. 3 more people were killed while enroute to the site in an ambulance. Police suspect this was a sectarian attack.
Police say gunmen opened fire on a bus in Pakistan's southwestern province of Baluchistan in a suspected sectarian attack on Tuesday killing at least 26 Shi'ite Muslim pilgrims traveling to Iran.
Four assailants attacked the bus carrying more than 50 pilgrims near Mastung town around 30 miles (50 km) from the provincial capital of Quetta.
[Police Official, Mastung]:
"They opened fire on the bus from all four sides. Then they got into the bus and fired again."
Three more people were killed when gunmen opened fire on an ambulance near Quetta as it headed to the attack site in Mastung.
[Kushal Kahn, Bus Driver]:
"Two vehicles intercepted the bus. (They) Forced all the passengers off and opened fire. Many of them fled. There were eight to 10 men and they were carrying rocket launchers and Kalashnikovs."
Sunni Muslim militants loyal to al Qaeda and the Taliban have carried out high-profile attacks on members of Pakistan's Shi'ite minority in the past.