Dozens of armed attackers stormed a cluster of small private coal mines in the mineral-rich province of Balochistan in southwestern Pakistan on 10 October, killing at least 21 and injuring six, reported Reuters.
“The armed terrorists remained for around 1-1/2 hours in the mining area,” regional police official Asif Shafi told Reuters. “They fired rockets and hurled grenades at the mines and miners’ quarters.”
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, which burnt down all 10 Junaid Coal Co. mines.
The news agency noted that a decades-long insurgency in the province by separatist militant groups has led to frequent attacks against the government, army and Chinese interests to press demands for a share in mineral-rich regional resources.
Source: Reuters