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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — At least 20 workers were killed by gunmen early Saturday in southwestern Pakistan in what officials said appeared to have been an attack by Baluch separatists.
The killings took place in a remote area in the Turbat district of Baluchistan Province, where a separatist movement has operated for decades. Baluchistan is the country’s largest province by area — about 44 percent of Pakistan’s total area — and is rich with mineral resources and natural gas deposits.
“The laborers were working on a bridge that links Turbat to a national highway,” Imran Qureshi, the top police official in Turbat, said by phone.
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