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| Seven killed in attack on Pakistan coal mine workers |
| 2003-04-08 |
| Seven persons have been killed and four others injured when unidentified gunmen opened indiscriminate firing on the workers of a coal mine in southwestern Balochistan province, police said. According to the reports some 14 to 20 persons opened fire on the mine workers when they were getting off from their buses for working in the mines at Chamalan area in Loralai district Monday night. The attackers also kidnapped three workers but they were released later. Those kidnapped were given a letter in which the assailants asked the workers not to work in the coal mine. There is a conflict between the Marri and the Loni tribes of the area regarding the ownership of the coal mines, locals said. After the incident there was a strike in Loralai city. The people set the tyres on fire and raised slogans against the government. More unrelenting tribal violence in the boil on the rump of South Asia. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |