Truck driver thought dead in Pakistan roadside attack recovers in hospital
A Pakistani truck driver, who rescuers initially thought was dead, was recovering on Tuesday after hospital staff receiving bodies realized he was alive.
QUETTA, Pakistan — A Pakistani truck driver, who rescuers initially thought was dead, was recovering on Tuesday after hospital staff receiving bodies realized he was alive despite being shot five times in one of the most widespread attacks by ethnic militants in years.
On Monday, Munir Ahmed was driving with three colleagues in a convoy of four trucks through the southern province of Balochistan.
The drivers did not notice anything amiss and had not heard of any violence until they were about an hour outside the provincial capital, Quetta.
Suddenly, armed men crowded the dusty stretch of highway, waving at them to stop, ordering the drivers out of their trucks and lining them up on the roadside.
Ahmed, 50, began to recite Islamic verses in fear.
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