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Police official Mohsin Ali said the gunmen stormed into a house
some 25 km (15 miles) east of the port city and shot and killed
the laborers in their sleep.
The port city is located in troubled southwestern Balochistan
province, which borders Afghanistan and Iran.
No one has claimed responsibility.
Baloch separatist militants have in the past targeted laborers
from eastern Punjab province, like the ones in the latest
shooting.
Last month, the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed the killing
of nine laborers from Punjab province, who were abducted and
then shot at close range after gunmen stopped a bus.
The separatists have long been fighting the government to demand
a greater share in the mineral-rich province's natural
resources.
Gwadar is the site of several Beijing-backed projects under the
$65 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor investment as part
of the Belt and Road Initiative.
(Reporting by Saleem Ahmed; Writing by Asif Shahzad)
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