Quetta: Unidentified armed assailants launched a lethal assault with rockets on native coalmines within the Duki district of Balochistan within the wee hours of Friday, ensuing within the dying of 13 miners.
Police earlier mentioned that two labourers had been killed within the assault. Nevertheless, Medical Officer Dr Johar Sadozai confirmed that the dying toll from the assault had risen to 13, with seven miners injured.
The proprietor of the coal mines, Haji Khairullah, mentioned that the attackers additionally set the mining equipment on hearth throughout their assault.