Attack at labour camp in Pakistan: 20 workers killed

2015-04-11 09:59:11

NEWS CENTER (DİHA) - Local official says attackers targeted labour camp near dam construction site in Turbat, leaving at least 20 dead.

Armed men have attacked a dam construction site in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province, killing at least 20 workers and wounding three, according to a senior government official. Pasand Khan Buledi, commissioner of Makran division, says a large group of armed men attacked a labour camp near the dam construction site in the Gobdan area of Turbat district early on Saturday.

He says the attackers overpowered eight security guards, shot sleeping labourers and fled. The commissioner says 16 of the dead were from Pakistan's Punjab province and four were from Sindh province.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack. Balochistan is the scene of a low-intensity insurgency by nationalist and separatist Baloch groups who want substantial share of revenue from gas and mineral resources and complete autonomy from Islamabad.

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