At least 20 ethnic Punjabi and Sindhi labourers were killed on Saturday by unidentified militants, who attacked their camp in a remote area of Pakistan’s restive south-western province of Balochistan.
The labourers, working on a bridge at Sohrab Dam in Gagdan area of Turbat, were sleeping in their camp when gunmen attacked them, police officer Imran Qureshi said.
The militants came on motorbikes and opened indiscriminate fire on labourers around 2 am (local time), he said.
Mr. Qureshi said that 16 of the dead belonged to Punjab while four hailed from Sindh province.
Three workers were injured in the attack. The injured were rushed to District Headquarter Hospital.
