Pakistan launches hunt for bus hijackers who killed at least 21

Pakistani security forces launched a major operation before dawn Saturday to hunt down gunmen who hijacked two buses and killed at least 21 passengers in the country’s southwest, officials said. The country’s paramilitary Frontier Corps said 500 troops were taking part in the operation in the country’s restive Baluchistan province, the home of a long-running insurgency that has seen increasing violence in recent weeks. Baluchistan Home Minister Sarfaraz Bugti said the violence began Friday night when the gunmen abducted 25 passengers and killed at least 21.

The gunmen lined up Pashtun passengers after checking their identity cards and then opened fire.

violence in recent weeks.Baluchistan Home Minister Sarfaraz Bugti

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