Credit: ET
Passengers were forcefully disembarked, told to produce NICs and gunned down. PHOTO: FILE.
GILGIT: At least 16 passengers in four buses were forcefully disembarked and gunned down in the Dedi Das area as they were en route to Rawalpindi via Gilgit on Thursday.
The disputed territory between Chilas and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Dedi Das, is a far flung area and does not have mobile reception there. The area comes under the jurisdiction of the Naran police force.
According to initial reports, the passengers who belonged to Astore were forced to get off buses and asked to show their identity cards, after which they were gunned down.
Early reports from a Naran police official speaking on condition of anonymity stated that the people gunned down were Sunni, however AP updates claimed those gunned down were Shia.
District Coordination Officer (DCO) Amber Ali Khan and District Police Officer (DPO) Sher Akber Khan when contacted by The Express Tribune refused to confirm the death toll and said that it could only be ascertained once they go to the attack site and come back.
Seems Pakistan under wrath of God, “AZABE Elahi” if some one can understand it.