Unidentified Armed Men Kidnap 9 Passengers In SW Pakistan

Islamabad, Oct 24, IRNA – Unidentified armed men kidnapped nine people traveling on a bus in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province on Tuesday, police said. The passenger bus was en route to Dhadar from Sibi when unidentified men stopped the vehicle at gun point and kidnapped the passengers, District Police Officer Ghulam Dastgeer said. The reason for the kidnapping is unknown as yet. Earlier, four members of the ethnic Hazara community were killed in an attack apparently motivated by sectarian hatred in Quetta./end