QUETTA: The funeral prayers of nine labourers, who were abducted and shot dead by unknown assailants in Balochistan’s Nushki District, were offered on Saturday.

The funeral prayers of the nine victims – who were from Wazirabad, Mandi Bahauddin, and Gujranwala – were offered at Police Lines. The prayers were also attended by Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti and high-ranking police officers.

The bodies of the Nushki terror attack victims were set to be shifted to their native areas in the Punjab.

In early-hours of Saturday, about 10-12 armed assailants blockaded the Quetta-Taftan Highway N-40 in the vicinity of Sultan Charhai near Noshki and shot dead ine laborers after kidnapping them from a bus.

Deputy Commissioner Habibullah Musakhel claimed that the unknown assailants checked the identity cards of passengers from the Taftan-bound bus and abducted nine of them. They were subsequently shot dead.