Quetta, Nov 08: Three separate attacks linked to tribal rivalries left at least 12 people dead and 10 wounded yesterday in Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province, police said. Unidentified assailants gunned down six people when their vehicle was ambushed in Khuzdar district, some 320 kilometers southwest of the provincial capital Quetta.

The victims were returning after a court appearance.

In another incident gunmen shot dead four people, including a tribal elder Mir Bahar Darazai, in Turbat district near Pakistan-Iran border as they were traveling back to their homes from a condolence visit to a relative's house.

The third attack occurred in Pishin district, some 55 kilometers north of Quetta, where two armed tribal groups clashed following a dispute over the theft of a motorbike.

Four of the injured were in serious condition in hospital.
Police said that they had made no arrests so far in connection with the spate of violence in Pakistan's most impoverished province, which also borders Afghanistan.

Bureau Report