The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) has provided an update on the tragic incident in Balochistan, where over 20 travellers from Punjab were brutally shot by terrorists.
The statement reads: “In Musa Khel District, terrorists stopped a bus in the Rara Sham area and maliciously targeted innocent citizens who were working in Balochistan to earn their livelihood.”
It added, “Security Forces and Law Enforcement Agencies responded immediately, thwarting the terrorists’ evil designs and sending twenty-one of them to hell in the ensuing clearance operations.”
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The ISPR further revealed that ten security forces soldiers and four law enforcement agency personnel embraced shahadat during the operation.
Earlier reports indicated that at least 23 people were killed in the Musakhail district of Balochistan when armed men offloaded passengers from trucks and buses early Monday morning, shooting them after checking their identities. The victims were reportedly from Punjab.