RAW blamed for Balochistan massacre

Karachi: Unidentified militants in military uniform shot dead at least 22 passengers after storming two Karachi-bound buses in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province, triggering widespread protests from Pashtuns. Suspected to be Baloch separatists, 20-25 militants stopped the buses ferrying over 30 passengers, mostly Pashtuns, in southwestern Mastung district last night when they were heading to Karachi from Quetta and Pishin.

According to a survivor, the gunmen asked the passengers to come out and they obeyed the instructions, thinking they were military personnel. The gunmen kidnapped about 30 passengers and later killed at least 22 of them, officials and media reports said.At least two of the militants were today killed in a massive operation mounted by the Frontier Corps (FC) and Levies personnel in the Khadkochay area of the Mastung district to hunt down the gunmen and had recovered six passengers from the mountains, an FC official said.No particular group has claimed responsibility for the attack but security forces suspect Baloch separatists were involved.Meanwhile, Bugti also alleged that India's intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) was involved in the killings.