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Summary At least 14 people were killed and 6 were injured in firing on a bus in Akhtarabad area of Quetta.
According to initial report, some unidentified persons, riding on motorcycles, opened fire on a bus in Akhtaranad area of Quetta, leaving 14 people dead and six injured.Police and rescue teams reached the site and shifted the dead bodies and injured to Bolan Medical Complex. The law enforcement agencies cordoned off the area and started search operation.According to a police official, the unknown gunmen were riding on motorbikes and stopped a bus carrying mostly Shiite Muslims who were headed to work at a vegetable market on the outskirts of Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province.The attackers forced the people off the bus, made them stand in a line and then opened fire, said Shakeel. The dead included 13 Shiites and one Sunni, he said. The wounded included four Shiites and two Sunnis.The relatives of the victims blocked the main highway on the outskirts of Quetta to protest the killings and set fire to the bus that took the dead and wounded to the hospital.The unknown attackers carried out a similar attack on Shiite pilgrims traveling through Baluchistan about two weeks ago, killing 26 people.
