ISLAMABAD: 10 coalminers who died in a blast in the Harnai district of Balochistan on Friday were hailing to the parts of the Malakand division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The miners were came under attack while en route to their workplace, a coalmine in the area.
At least 11 people were killed and as many were injured when a truck carrying coalminers was struck by an explosion early morning on Friday in the Harnai area of Balochistan province, Media reported.
The reports said that the dead bodies of the victims and injured had been shifted to Shahrang basic health unit in Harnai.
According to the government of Balochistan, law enforcement agencies officials have cordoned off the crime scene and begun collection of shreds of evidence by conducting a preliminary investigation, however, no one has claimed the terrorist attack on miners as yet.
Abid Yar Khan, president of the Coalmine Workers’ Rights Association, told Pakhtoon Digital English that 6 victims of the blast belonged to the Lilownai area of the Shangla district.
He said three victims were hailing to parts of Upper Dir and another 1 to Swat.
The victims identified as Ayaz Khan, Hazrat, Bacha Hussain, resident of Dir Upper, Mohammad Hanif, Rahimullah Gul, Javed Khan, Rehmat Shahid, Daulat Mand, Iqbal Hussain, residents of Lilownai, Shangla, while Umar Ali belonged to Khwazakhela, district Swat.
The media reports said the dead bodies of the victims were being shifted to their native towns from Harnai, Balochistan in the presence of the district administration and police officers.
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