Gunmen kill 11 coal miners in south-west Pakistan

People from the Shiite Hazara community gather around the bodies of the coal mine workers (Arshad Butt/AP)

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

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