Gunmen kill seven passengers in bus attack

Gunmen killed seven passengers aboard a bus traveling to Lahore in southwest Pakistan late on Tuesday, officials said.

The bus was attacked in Barkhan district in the southwestern part of Balochistan, which shares a border with Afghanistan and Iran. The attackers burst the tyres of the bus on a highway close to the provincial border with Punjab. 

The gunmen then demanded to see identification cards of those on board the bus. A senior government official said "the passengers belonging to Punjab province were taken off by the terrorists and killed. They were lined up and shot dead".