By Sajjad Shaukat Pak VT
The militants killed at least 11 coalminers in the Mach area of Balochistan on January 3, this year.
Moazzam Ali Jatoi, an official of the Levies Force said that an initial investigation revealed the attackers identified the miners as being from the Shia Hazara community and the gunmen kidnapped them for execution, leaving others unharmed.
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The Islamic State group Daesh-also known as ISIS claimed responsibility for the massacre.
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The so-called Islamic State group later claimed responsibility for the attack.
Moazzam Ali Jatoi, an official with the Levies Force, which serves as police and paramilitary in the area, said the attack took place near the Machh coal field, about 30 miles east of the provincial capital Quetta.
Mr Jatoi said armed men took the coal miners to nearby mountains, where they opened fire.
He said six of the miners died at the scene and five died on the way to hospital.
He said an initial investigation found the attackers identified the miners as being from a Shiite Hazara community and the gunmen took them away for execution, leaving others unharmed.
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Gunmen Kill 11 Shiite Coal Miners In Pakistan
Protests took place in Pakistan s southwestern Baluchistan province on Sunday after reports that gunmen opened fire on a group of minority Shiite Hazara coal miners after abducting them, killing 11.
Protests took place in Pakistan s southwestern Baluchistan province on Sunday after reports that gunmen opened fire on a group of minority Shiite Hazara coal miners after abducting them, killing 11. Armed men took the coal miners to nearby mountains, where they opened fire on them, a Pakistani official said.
Six of the miners were reportedly killed on the spot and five who were critically wounded died on the way to a hospital. We are protesting, we are helpless, our (Shiite Hazara) community is being killed every day, Aadi Askri, President of Tehreek-e-Namaz Fiqa, a Shiite religious group in Pakistan, told the Associated Press.