This representational image shows the an inside view of a coalmine. — Pixabay/File
Quetta: Unidentified armed assailants launched a deadly attack with rockets on local coalmines in the Duki district of Balochistan in the wee hours of Friday, resulting in the death of 13 miners.
Police earlier said that two labourers were killed in the attack. However, Medical Officer Dr Johar Sadozai confirmed that the death toll from the attack had risen to 13, with seven miners injured.
The owner of the coal mines, Haji Khairullah, said that the attackers also set the mining machinery on fire during their assault.
