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Abductors kill seven coal miners in Pakistan's Baluchistan
The covered bodies of coal miners are pictured in Quetta on July 12, 2012.
Pakistani police have recovered the bodies of seven coal miners who were abducted last week in Baluchistan. The Baluchistan Liberation Army, which is fighting for independence from the federal government, claimed responsibility for the kidnappings but there was no claim for the deaths.
Thursday, July 12th 2012, 09:50 AM
Police on Thursday found the bodies of seven coal miners who were kidnapped last week in Pakistan's insurgency-torn southwestern province of Baluchistan, officials said.
The miners were abducted on July 7 in the Soorang area, 25 kilometres (16 miles) east of the provincial capital Quetta, and their bullet-ridden bodies were found dumped on a roadside in the hills of nearby Degari, administration official Zafar Bokhari told AFP.
The Baluchistan Liberation Army, which is fighting for independence from the federal government, had claimed responsibility for their kidnapping but there was no claim for their deaths, Bokhari said.
Mourners carry the dead body of a miner during a procession in Quetta on July 12, 2012, after the bodies of seven coal miners were found.
The miners were from the Swat valley, which is part of the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, he added.
Local police said the miners had been shot dead overnight.
Baluch rebels rose up in 2004, demanding political autonomy and a greater share of profits from the oil, gas and mineral resources in the province, which is one of the most neglected parts of Pakistan.
On Wednesday, Pakistan's top judge accused paramilitary forces of involvement in a third of all disappearances in Baluchistan, where the military has been accused of rights violations in its bid to put down the insurgency.
http://india.nydailynews.com/newsar...l-seven-coal-miners-in-pakistan-s-baluchistan
http://gulftoday.ae/portal/0c34b9f0-5dd8-445b-9217-1951b2a015da.aspx
The covered bodies of coal miners are pictured in Quetta on July 12, 2012.
Pakistani police have recovered the bodies of seven coal miners who were abducted last week in Baluchistan. The Baluchistan Liberation Army, which is fighting for independence from the federal government, claimed responsibility for the kidnappings but there was no claim for the deaths.
Thursday, July 12th 2012, 09:50 AM
Police on Thursday found the bodies of seven coal miners who were kidnapped last week in Pakistan's insurgency-torn southwestern province of Baluchistan, officials said.
The miners were abducted on July 7 in the Soorang area, 25 kilometres (16 miles) east of the provincial capital Quetta, and their bullet-ridden bodies were found dumped on a roadside in the hills of nearby Degari, administration official Zafar Bokhari told AFP.
The Baluchistan Liberation Army, which is fighting for independence from the federal government, had claimed responsibility for their kidnapping but there was no claim for their deaths, Bokhari said.
Mourners carry the dead body of a miner during a procession in Quetta on July 12, 2012, after the bodies of seven coal miners were found.
The miners were from the Swat valley, which is part of the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, he added.
Local police said the miners had been shot dead overnight.
Baluch rebels rose up in 2004, demanding political autonomy and a greater share of profits from the oil, gas and mineral resources in the province, which is one of the most neglected parts of Pakistan.
On Wednesday, Pakistan's top judge accused paramilitary forces of involvement in a third of all disappearances in Baluchistan, where the military has been accused of rights violations in its bid to put down the insurgency.
http://india.nydailynews.com/newsar...l-seven-coal-miners-in-pakistan-s-baluchistan
http://gulftoday.ae/portal/0c34b9f0-5dd8-445b-9217-1951b2a015da.aspx