Militants kill 19 abducted passengers in Pak's Balochistan

May 30, 2015 01:09

At least 19 passengers were shot dead today after being abducted by militants from two Karachi- bound buses in Pakistan's troubled Balochistan province.

Around 30-35 passengers were abducted by militants from two buses en route to Karachi from Quetta in Mastung district in the restive province.

"They were around 20 to 25 kidnappers who stopped the two passenger buses and kidnapped around 30 people," Balochistan's Home Minister Sarfaraz Bugti said. "Initial reports suggest that the kidnappers had shot dead 19 passengers," he said.

He said at present a fierce gun battle was going on between the kidnappers and the frontier corps and levies forces in the area as the security forces had immediately started a massive search operation after the incident.

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