Loralai: At least nine passengers were abducted and shot dead after gunmen intercepted at least two buses in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province, the spokesperson of the provincial government confirmed.

According to Nam News Network, the attack occurred on Thursday night in Loralai, a district in northern Balochistan. Armed assailants stopped the passenger buses, removed several individuals based on identity, and took them away, spokesperson Shahid Rind said.

The gunmen shot dead the passengers belonging to the eastern Punjab province after taking them a certain distance from the buses. Their bodies have been recovered, Rind stated.