Protests in Pakistan after miners killed by militants

Women from the Shiite Hazara community mourn over death of their family members during a a sit-in protest against the killing of coal mine workers (Arshad Butt/AP)

Mon, 04 Jan, 2021 - 12:57

Abdul Sattar, Associated Press

Hundreds of Pakistani minority Shiites blocked a key road on the outskirts the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta for a second straight day to protest against the killing of 11 coal miners by the so-called Islamic State group.

The miners, members of the country’s minority Shiite Hazara community, were abducted by IS militants in southwestern Baluchistan province on Sunday, taken to a nearby mountain and shot.