Authorities condemned the killing of 21 miners and the wounding of six more by gunmen in Pakistan’s southwest on Friday, while a hunt was conducted for the attackers.
Days before the city was hosting a significant security gathering, the most recent attack occurred in the unrest-plagued region of Balochistan.
According to police official Hamayun Khan Nasir, the gunmen broke into the lodging in a coal mine in the Duki district late Thursday night, grouped up the guys, and started shooting. Before escaping, he added, the intruders damaged machinery, threw grenades at the mine, and fired rockets.
The majority of the victims came from Balochistani regions where Pashto is spoken. Afghans made up three of the deceased and four of the injured. Local store owners, angered by the violence, withdrew their shutters down to observe a daylong strike against the killings.
There are a number of independence-seeking separatist movements in the province. They claim that the Islamabad federal government is unfairly taking advantage of Balochistan, which is wealthy in minerals and oil, at the expense of the local population.
Although foreigners have invested billions of dollars in Balochistan, many of whom are from China, the separatists claim that not all of the development’s benefits are distributed locally.
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