Media reported that unknown men kidnapped eight coal miners from the Pir Ismail area near Mach, 60km from Quetta, late July 12

BBC Urdu reported that armed men abducted the miners at gunpoint when they were sitting in a restaurant,

A day earlier, seven Swat miners kidnapped July 7 were found dead in the Degari area near Quetta.

Families and colleagues of the victims protested the violence near local court offices, blocking traffic on Zarghoun Road with pickets, then trying to enter the court.

Source - centralasiaonline.com

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