Gunmen kill dozens in multiple attacks in south-western Pakistan

Gunmen killed at least 37 people in separate attacks in south-western Pakistan’s volatile Baluchistan province on Monday (Rahmat Khan/AP)

Gunmen killed at least 37 people in separate attacks in south-western Pakistan on Monday, officials said, while security forces killed 21 insurgents, marking one of the deadliest days of violence in volatile Baluchistan province, with reports of other shootings and destruction in the area.

Twenty-three people were shot dead overnight after being identified and taken from buses, vehicles and trucks in Musakhail, a district in Baluchistan, senior police official Ayub Achakzai said.