18 killed on Iran Pakistan border

Mohammad Aslam Tarin, a senior government official, said the motorcycle-riding gunmen stopped the vehicles and forced them to come out with their hands up before killing 18 and wounding two.

The incident took place in the far-flung Kechh district, some 780 miles southwest of Quetta, the main town of Pakistan's insurgency hit Baluchistan province, close to the Iranian border.

Gunmen managed to flee the scene, the Telegraph reports.