7 Chechens Gunned Down In Cold Blood

Five unarmed Chechens, including three young women, were shot dead at an FC check post in Quetta on Tuesday, May 17th, 2011 . They were shot at point blank range, by a group of Rangers standing a few feet from them. While one of the women on the ground, laying in a foetal position, held up her hand and pleaded with the Rangers to stop shooting, the Rangers opted to empty several magazines into her body, in a hail of indiscriminate fire. The security agencies claimed that these foreigners were wearing suicide vests and armed with grenades, explosives, detonators, they opened fire on the FC check post and were killed in a 'shoot out'. Later, they all turned out to be lies. According to witnesses, journalists on the scene and Bolan Hospital sources where the bodies were received, these foreigners were unarmed. There were no suicide vests on their bodies. They carried no firearms or ammunitions. Not even a knife. The only thing that was on their person, was their passports. After video footage taken of the event by professional and amateurs, began making the rounds, the security apparatus is embarrassed and has changed it's stories several times over. The Rangers, FC and police personnel who were being lauded as heroes, are now under scrutiny by political parties (JUI-F, JI, PAMP, etc), human rights org and the media at large. As of today, Thursday, May 19th, 2011 the Chief Minister of Balochistan Sardar Akbar Raisani has ordered an investigation into the matter.