DHAKA: Gunmen in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province have attacked two buses, killing at least 19 passengers, officials have said.

The province's Home Minister Sarfraz Bugti said unidentified militants boarded the vehicles travelling to Karachi on Friday evening, reports BBC.

Passengers were then ordered off and shot dead, officials said.

Balochistan has seen a long-running conflict between separatists and security forces.

No group has yet said it carried out the attack on the two buses, which happened near the town of Mastung, south of the provincial capital, Quetta.

"The armed men were wearing the uniforms of the security forces," said Sarfraz Bugti.

BDST: 1220 HRS, MAY 30, 2015
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