Gunmen kill 11 coal miners in south-west Pakistan

Gunmen have opened fire on a group of minority Shiite Hazara coal miners afterabducting them, killing 11, in the south-western Baluchistan province, aPakistani official said.

Moazzam Ali Jatoi, an official with the Levies Force,which serves as police and paramilitary in the area, said the attack tookplace near the Machh coal field, about 30 miles east of the provincial capitalQuetta.