Quetta: In Musakhel, armed men blocked the highway and dropped passengers from different vehicles and shot and killed 23 passengers.
According to SP Musa Khel Ayub Achakzai, the armed men blocked the inter-provincial highway near Rada Sham and carried out a heinous act.
Passengers from Punjab were alighted by armed men from trucks and buses and then shot at.
According to SP Musa Khel, the miscreants also set fire to more than 10 vehicles before escaping.
According to the spokesperson of the police, apart from heavy police force, Levies officials have reached the spot and the bodies have been shifted to the hospital, while further investigation of the incident has been started.
