9 bus passengers shot dead by gunmen in Balochistan

In Pakistan’s Balochistan province, gunmen killed nine bus passengers after abducting them from multiple buses on Thursday evening. The bodies with bullet wounds were found overnight in the mountains.
 
While no group has claimed responsibility, Baloch rebels have in the past been involved in such incidents, killing passengers after identifying them as coming from Eastern Punjab province.
 
The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) is the strongest of a number of rebel groups long operating in the area bordering Afghanistan and Iran, a mineral-rich region. The ethnic Baloch militants blame authorities in Pakistan for stealing their regional resources to fund spending in Punjab province.