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A passenger bus travelling from Quetta to Peshawar plunged 70–80 feet into a rocky ravine near the Balochistan–Khyber Pakhtunkhwa border, killing at least 40 people and injuring eight. Officials say speeding and overcrowding likely contributed, as rescuers faced difficult terrain to recover victims and aid the injured; an investigation is underway.
A suicide bombing in Peshawar, Pakistan, targeted a truck carrying paramilitary troops, leaving at least eight people wounded. The attack was claimed by Tehreek-e-Jihad Pakistan, a newly founded armed group. Last week, the same group attacked a military base in Balochistan, killing four soldiers. The blast damaged the truck and nearby vehicles carrying civilians, while the attacker was killed. Pakistan's army expressed concern over fighters finding safe havens in Afghanistan and threatened an "effective response" after 12 soldiers died in recent attacks.
Manmohan Singh, a Pakistani Sikh shopkeeper, was shot and killed by unidentified motorcyclists in Peshawar, Pakistan. This is the third attack on the Sikh community in Pakistan this year. The incident occurred just two days after another Sikh shopkeeper, Tarlok Singh, narrowly escaped a similar attack. Peshawar’s Sikh community has appealed to the international Sikh community for assistance in ensuring their safety and security.
Gunmen shot and killed a member of Pakistan’s minority Sikh community, Manmohan Singh, in an overnight attack in Peshawar. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the killing, saying Singh had been a follower of what it called a “polytheistic” Sikh sect in Peshawar. It's the third killing of a Sikh community member this year in Pakistan. Most Sikhs migrated to neighboring India in 1947, but thousands stayed in Pakistan, where they generally live peacefully.