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Karachi football team robbed by insurgents on Balochistan highway
A football team from Karachi was travelling to Quetta for a tournament.
On the way, armed men stopped their bus in Balochistan.
The passengers had to get off the bus.
The men took their phones, money, and other valuables.
Some passengers were also hit.
The team arrived in Quetta without money.
A sports minister gave them daily allowances.
Football officials said the team had been warned not to travel because the route was considered unsafe.
The Karachi District West football team was robbed while travelling from Karachi to Quetta.
About a dozen armed men stopped the team’s bus between Mastung and Sariab.
Passengers were forced off the bus and lost mobile phones, cash, and valuables.
Some passengers were reportedly struck before the team reached Quetta on Monday evening.
The Balochistan sports minister provided daily allowances after the players reported the robbery.
- Who
- The Karachi District West football team and about a dozen armed men.
- What
- The team’s bus was stopped, and passengers were robbed of phones, cash, and valuables.
- Where
- On the Balochistan highway between Mastung and Sariab, while travelling toward Quetta.
- When
- Monday evening.
- Why
- The team was travelling to play in the Chief Minister’s Gold Cup tournament; the attackers’ motive was not stated.
Officials’ Security Warnings
Team’s Tournament Participation
Whether the journey should have gone ahead
Officials’ Security Warnings
The Sindh Football Association said it had warned clubs in Karachi to avoid travelling to Quetta by bus or train because of the security situation. Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa associations reportedly also did not send teams.
Team’s Tournament Participation
The Karachi District West team travelled to Quetta to participate in the tournament despite those warnings.
Key facts
- Team
- Karachi District West
- Destination
- Quetta
- Tournament
- Chief Minister’s Gold Cup
- Attackers
- About a dozen armed men
- Stolen items
- Mobile phones, cash, and other valuables
- Reported location
- Highway between Mastung and Sariab
- Assistance
- The Balochistan sports minister provided daily allowances
Quotes
Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
Manager of the Karachi District West football team
“We didn't send the Sindh team and we advised all other clubs in Karachi to avoid going to Quetta by bus or train because of the security situation. The Karachi west team still went ahead and what we feared happened,”
CNBC TV 18
“The armed men asked all the passengers to disembark from the bus and then took away all mobile phones, cash, and other valuables. They also butted some of the passengers.”
CNBC TV 18
Sources
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