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22 killed by gunman in Pakistan
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Gunmen have killed at least 22 people by forcing them out of their vehicles in south-west Pakistan.
A highway in Balochistan province was attacked overnight. Gunmen carrying out communal, caste and separatist movements set fire to vehicles. Those who came from Punjab were shot .
A terrorist group named Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has claimed responsibility for the attack in Musakhel district, BBC has mentioned.
'The number of terrorists was between 30 and 40. They stopped 22 vehicles," Najibullah Kakar, a senior local official told AFP, "going to Punjab. Inspected vehicles and Identify and shoot people from Punjab.'
Prime Minister Sehbaz Sharif Balochistan is the largest province of Pakistan but it is the least developed.
BLA and other Baloch separatists operating in the area Attacks on the Punjab and Sindhis intensified. They have also targeted foreign energy companies, accusing them of exploiting the sector without sharing profits.
Last April, nine passengers were shot dead in Balochistan after checking their identity cards while getting off the bus.
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