Harrowing details of the Nushki incident, where armed men brutally murdered nine innocent people, have begun to emerge, shedding light on the horrific ordeal faced by the victims.
Sajjad Ahmed, a survivor who was on the bus during the attack, provided a chilling account of the events that transpired in a video statement.
According to Ahmed, several masked individuals boarded the bus near Nushki, and forcibly removed eight to nine individuals from the vehicle. Later, they shot the passengers dead, as a series of gunshots could be heard inside the vehicle.
In a desperate bid to seek refuge, the bus driver rushed the vehicle into a nearby police station, hoping to find safety amidst the chaos.
Ahmed revealed that there were a total of 19 passengers on board, including four women and 15 men, all of whom were travelling from Punjab to Iran via Nushki from Quetta.
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The innocent victims, whose lives were tragically cut short, were merely pursuing their journey when they fell prey to the senseless violence perpetrated by terrorists.
Eleven people were killed in two separate firing incidents early on Saturday morning along the National Highway in Nushki district of Balochistan. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif took notice of the incident and sought a report.
The first incident took place as a bus carrying passengers from Quetta to Taftan was targeted by armed assailants. Nine passengers were kidnapped from the bus and subsequently shot to death.
The Noshki SSP said the victims were identified and then killed, adding that they hailed from Mandi Bahauddin, Gujranwala, and Wazirabad cities of Punjab. He said their bodies were discovered in a desolate, mountainous area.
