Separatist group the Balochistan Liberation Army says its fighters targeted military personnel travelling in civilian clothes, but Pakistan officials say the people killed were innocent civilians.
Gunmen in south-west Pakistan have killed 39 people overnight, including 23 in one attack on a major highway.
There were also reports of shootings in other parts of the province, and officials said 12 insurgents were killed by security forces.Insurgents blew up a railway track in Bolan, a district in the province, disrupting railroad traffic between district capital Quetta and the rest of the country. In separate statements, President Asif Ali Zardari and Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi called the attack in Musakhail "barbaric" and vowed that those who were behind it would not escape justice.The attack in Musakhail came hours after the outlawed Baluch Liberation Army separatist group warned people to stay away from highways as it launched attacks on security forces in various parts of the province.
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