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QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Gunmen in southwestern Pakistan killed at least 38 people in three separate attacks on Monday, officials said, while the military said security forces killed 21 insurgents, marking one of the deadliest days of violence in the restive Baluchistan province, with reports of other shootings and destruction in the area as well.

Gunmen kill at least 38 people in one of the deadliest days in a Pakistani province

New York Post

Gunmen fatally shot 23 passengers after identifying them and taking them from buses, vehicles and trucks in one of the deadliest attacks in restive southwestern Pakistan, police and officials said Monday.

The killings occurred overnight in Musakhail, a district in Baluchistan province, senior police official Ayub Achakzai said. The attackers burned at least 10 vehicles before fleeing the scene.

In a separate attack early Monday, gunmen killed at least nine people, including four police officers and five passersby, in Qalat district in Baluchistan, authorities said. There were also reports of shootings in other parts of the province.



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Gunmen kill 23 passengers taken from vehicles in an attack in southwest Pakistan

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Security forces killed 12 insurgents, officials said, in one of the deadliest days of violence in the restive Baluchistan province, with reports of other shootings and destruction in the area.

Gunmen kill at least 31 people in 2 separate attacks in restive southwestern Pakistan

CBS News

Quetta, Pakistan — Gunmen in southwestern Pakistan killed at least 31 people in two separate attacks on Monday and security forces killed 12 insurgents, officials said, in one of the deadliest days of violence in the restive Baluchistan province, with reports of other shootings and destruction in the area. Twenty-three people were fatally shot after being identified and taken from buses and trucks in Musakhail, a district in Baluchistan, senior police official Ayub Achakzai said. The attackers burned at least 10 vehicles before fleeing. In a separate attack, gunmen killed at least nine people, including four police officers and five passersby,...

At least 23 people taken off vehicles and killed by gunmen in Pakistan

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The Associated Press

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Skirmish between Indian, Chinese troops in Ladakh

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More than 70 dead after militant attacks in Pakistan's Balochistan

At least 73 people were killed in Pakistan's province of Balochistan when separatist militants attacked police stations,...

More than 70 dead after militant attacks in Pakistan's Balochistan

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