Separatist group in warning as it claims responsibility for Pakistan attacks

People look at a burnt vehicle which was torched by gunmen after they killed passengers at a highway in Musakhail, Baluchistan province (Rahmat Khan/AP/PA)

A separatist group has claimed responsibility for multiple attacks in south-western Pakistan that left more than 40 people dead.

The outlawed Baluchistan Liberation Army (BLA) group insisted it did not harm civilians as authorities on Tuesday sent the bodies of 23 victims to their home districts for burial.