Asharq Al Awsat A Pakistani separatist group claimed responsibility on Thursday for the killing of seven bus passengers in an attack earlier this week, saying the victims were affiliated with the military and intelligence services.

Last week, another fatal accident in a coal mine in Darra Adam Khel claimed the lives of two workers from Shangla. Both victims, Rehman Ali and Sarbali Khan, hailed from the Dherai and Puran areas of Shangla district, The Express Tribune reported. (ANI)

A Pakistani separatist group has claimed responsibility for the killing of seven bus passengers earlier this week.

Separatist gunmen shot dead seven passengers on a Lahore-bound bus in southwestern Pakistan's Balochistan province on Tuesday after forcing them off the vehicle and checking their identity documents,

Dera Ghazi Khan Divisional Commissioner Ashfaq Ahmed Chaudhry expressed deep sorrow over the Barkhan massacre on Wednesday and extended condolences to the bereaved families. He confirmed that bodies of seven victims had been sent to their respective hometowns in Punjab by Rescue 1122 ambulances.

Unidentified gunmen offloaded seven passengers from a bus and gunned them down in Pakistan's Balochistan region on Tuesday.