16 killed in passenger bus ambush in Kohistan

MANSEHRA: At least 16 people were killed Tuesday when gunmen opened fire on a passenger bus in the district of Kohistan, police said.

The bus was stopped, before passengers were ordered off and shot in the mountainous district of Kohistan as it travelled from Rawalpindi, to the northern city of Gilgit.

The bus was carrying at least 25 passengers from Rawalpindi to Gilgit.

"Armed men hiding on both sides of the road attacked the bus," local police chief Mohammad Ilyas said.

The ambush happened near the town of Harban, 130 miles north of the capital Islamabad.