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Gunmen Kill 16 in SW Pakistan Attacks

   VOA News 14 August 2010
   Troops  of  Pakistan  para  military  force patrol in Quetta after the
   attacks, 14 Aug 2010

Photo: AP

   Troops  of  Pakistan  para  military  force patrol in Quetta after the
   attacks, 14 Aug 2010

   Pakistani  officials  say gunmen have killed 16 people in two separate
   attacks in the restive southwest of the country.
   Police  say  the  first  incident took place Saturday in Aab-e-Ghum, a
   town near the Baluchistan provincial capital of Quetta.
   Gunmen  stopped a bus, forced some passengers off the vehicle and then
   killed  10  of  them.   Police  say  the  victims were all non-ethnic
   Baluchis from the eastern Punjab province.
   The second attack occurred in Quetta, where gunmen killed six people.
   No  group has so far claimed responsibility for the attacks and it was
   not clear whether they were linked.
   Separatists  have  waged  a  low-level  insurgency  in Baluchistan for
   years,  seeking  more autonomy for the province and a greater share of
   the  profits  from its natural resources.  The region is also plagued
   by sectarian violence.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP and AFP.

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