Quetta: At least 16 people were burnt alive when unidentified men on Friday opened fire on a petrol pump in Khuzdar district of Pakistan Balochistan province, source said.
The sources said that all the victims were onboard in a passenger coach which was parked in petrol pump.
They said that the coach and the fuel station caught fire after the attack, resultantly 16 people — onboard in the coach — were burnt to death while few others injured.
Security forces and rescue teams rushed to the spot while bodies are being shifted to District Head Quarter hospital.
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