QUETTA: At least one passenger was killed and six others were injured when unidentified men opened fire at a passenger van in Balochistan's Loralai district on Tuesday.

Levies sources told DawnNews that armed men opened fire on a van in Nana Sahib area of Dukki Tehsil in Loralai district.

Seven passengers including a woman were injured in the attack. However, one passenger succumbed to his injuries on way to the hospital.

The injured were shifted to a local hospital for medical treatment where an emergency was imposed.

The assailants escaped unhurt from the site of the attack, security sources said.

The passenger van was coming from Luni area and was on its way to Dukki Tehsil when attacked by miscreants, they said.

A search operation was launched in the area to apprehend the suspects involved in the attack. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.

Balochistan, Pakistan’s largest but least developed province, has remained under the grip of violence for over a decade which has claimed thousands of lives.