PAKISTAN: Six kidnapped coal miners and a doctor are found dead in the Degari area in Pakistan's south-western Baluchistan province

Record ID: 872670

  • Title: PAKISTAN: Six kidnapped coal miners and a doctor are found dead in the Degari area in Pakistan's south-western Baluchistan province
  • Date: 14th July 2012
  • Summary: DEGARI, BALUCHISTAN PROVINCE, PAKISTAN (JULY 12, 2012) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) CROWD OF PEOPLE STANDING NEAR AREA WHERE BODIES DISCOVERED BODIES WITH FACES COVERED WITH FABRIC FEET OF TWO BODIES MAN UNCOVERING SHEET TO IDENTIFY DEAD BODY BLOOD STAINED GROUND PEOPLE ARGUING / BODY COVERED IN WHITE SHEET MAN UNCOVERING SHEET TO IDENTIFY BODY QUETTA, BALUCHISTAN PROVINCE, PAKISTAN (JULY 12, 2012) (REUTERS) SIGN OUTSIDE CHARITY CENTRE READING: "EDHI HOME, QUETTA" PEOPLE BRINGING COFFINS TO PREPARE FOR BURIAL NAME OF ONE VICTIM AND HIS HOMETOWN WRITTEN ON CASKET, READING: "AHMAD ULLAH, DIR" (SOUNDBITE) (Urdu) MAN IN CHARGE OF EDHI CHARITY IN QUETTA, ABDUL QAYYUM, SAYING: "These are seven dead bodies which have been brought to us from the Marwar area. We are giving them Ghusl (ritualistic Muslim washing of the dead before burial) at Edhi Centre." TWO CASKETS ON ROOF OF VAN
  • Embargoed: 29th July 2012 13:00
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  • Location: Pakistan
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  • Country: Pakistan
  • Topics: Conflict
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  • Story Text: Six coal miners and a doctor were found dead on Thursday (July 12) in the Degari area in Pakistan's south-western Baluchistan province, about 100 km east of the provincial capital Quetta, officials said.
    The victims were kidnapped last week from the Marwar coalfield, and had multiple bullet wounds.
    The bodies were brought to a charity morgue in Quetta for onward dispatch to the home towns of the victims.
    "These are seven dead bodies which have been brought to us from the Marwar area. We are giving them Ghusl (ritualistic Muslim washing of the dead before burial) at Edhi Centre," said Abdul Qayyum who is in charge of the Edhi charity.
    Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf strongly condemned the kidnapping and murder of the mine workers, his office said in a statement.
    Much of the violence in Baluchistan, Pakistan's biggest but poorest province, has been blamed on ethnic Baluch separatists, who are fighting a protracted insurgency, demanding more autonomy and control over the natural resources of the province.
    Militants loyal to al Qaeda and the Taliban are also active in Baluchistan, which borders Iran and Afghanistan.
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