Quetta: At least 13 labourers were killed on Friday when unidentified armed assailants launched a deadly rocket attack on their coalmines in the Duki district of Balochistan in today wee hours.
Police earlier said that two labourers were killed in the attack. However, Medical Officer Dr Johar Sadozai confirmed that the death toll from the attack had risen to 13, with seven miners injured.
The owner of the coal mines, Haji Khairullah, said that the attackers also set the mining machinery on fire during their assault.
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