QUETTA, Pakistan — Separatist militants killed at least 39 people in 'coordinated' attacks in southwestern Pakistan on Monday that largely targeted ethnic Punjabis, government officials said.
QUETTA, Pakistan — Separatist militants killed at least 39 people in 'coordinated' attacks in southwestern Pakistan on Monday that largely targeted ethnic Punjabis, government officials said.In one of the attacks, dozens of militants stopped vehicles traveling on a highway through Balochistan province and shot 23 people dead — one of the worst shootings in the region in the past several years.
Nabi Baksh, from the Levies paramilitary force that works alongside the police, said gunmen had stormed a hotel and also targeted a village elder with perceived links to the security forces.Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed 'deep grief and condemnation over the terrorist attack' in a statement issued by his office on Monday.
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