Pakistan lodges protest with Iran, demanding action against terrorist group involved in Ormara killings

ORMARA - Pakistan on Saturday has lodged a strong protest with Iran for not taking action against the group involved in the killing of 14 passengers after offloading them from the bus on the Makran Coastal Highway in Ormara, Balochistan and demanded Iran to take action against the terrorists.

According to details, the Foreign Office (FO) forwarded a letter of protest to the Iranian Embassy in Islamabad.

The letter stated that "15-20 terrorists who camouflaged themselves in Frontier Corps (FC) uniform barricaded the road and stopped 3-4 buses traveling from Ormara to Gwadar on the coastal highway at Buzi Top in the dawn of April 18 and on the identification of the passengers, shot dead 14 personnel belonging to the armed forces of Pakistan. BRAS which is the alliance of three Baloch terrorist organisations have claimed responsibility for this terrorist act."

"After the incident, the terrorists who arrived from border region returned to that area," it added.

The letter further read and pointed out that the information about the hubs of these Baloch terrorist organisations in Iran, having training camps and logistics bases across the border, was shared with Iranian intelligence in the recent past, and on a number of occasions earlier.

Meanwhile, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif strongly condemned the attack and said that “Terrorists, extremists and their sponsors are terrified by close relations between Muslim states.”

https://twitter.com/JZarif/status/1119287631966240768

Iran stands with the people and government of Pakistan, he added.

On April 18, at least 14 passengers were shot dead after being offloaded from a passenger bus on Makran Coastal Highway in Balochistan.

https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/headline/at-least-14-passengers-shot-dead-on-makran-coastal-highway-in-balochistan/

According to a Pakistan Navy spokesperson, personnel of Pakistan Navy were among the dead in the deadly attack, which took place near Bozi Top area.

The assailants checked their CNIC numbers and shoot the passengers from a very close range.