Pakistani police search for gunmen who abducted bus passengers and killed 11 in the southwest

By ABDUL SATTAR
Associated Press

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police are searching for gunmen who killed nine people after abducting them from a bus  in the country’s southwest. The abductions happened Friday in Baluchistan province, which has long been the scene of a separatist insurgency. Police say the gunmen stopped the bus, went through the passengers’ ID cards and took nine people with them. Police said the gunmen had earlier opened fire at a vehicle that failed to stop for their blockade, killing two people. Abductions are rare in Baluchistan, where militants usually target security forces or infrastructure. On Saturday, the Baloch Liberation Army claimed responsibility for the attack, alleging that plain-clothed spies were on the bus.