Officials say militants have killed three workers and wounded five others in an overnight attack on a road construction labor camp in southwestern PakistanQUETTA, Pakistan -- Militants attacked a road construction labor camp in southwestern Baluchistan province overnight killing three workers and wounding five others, officials said Saturday. She said the camp was part of a local company working on a road construction project. Five workers were missing from the camp after the attack, said Rafiq Tareen, district deputy commissioner. Separatist groups in the mineral and gas rich province like the Baluchistan Nationalist Army want independence from Islamabad. The area served as a sanctuary for militants for years until 2014, when the military carried out massive operations to clear the region of militants.

Source: ABC News June 19, 2022 01:44 UTC