People comfort each other at the funeral on Saturday of one of the 25 victims of a suicide attack in Baluchistan province of Pakistan. (AP Photo)QUETTA, PAKISTAN: Ten labourers were shot dead in southwestern Pakistan on Saturday while working on roads to connect outlying towns to the $57-billion Chinese-backed "Belt and Road" project. The attack on the Pakistani workers took place 20 kilometres from the port city of Gwadar in Baluchistan province that forms the southern hub of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Security officials have said previously that militants trying to disrupt construction on the economic corridor have killed 44 workers since 2014, all of whom were Pakistani. No group has admitted responsibility for the shootings but past attacks in the region have been carried out by separatists who view construction projects as a means to take over their land.

Source: Bangkok Post May 13, 2017 09:45 UTC