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Gunmen kill 10 laborers near port in southwest Pakistan

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People comfort each other after funeral prayers of a victim of Friday's suicide attack in southwest Baluchistan province, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, May 13, 2017. The Islamic State group said it carried out the brazen suicide attack on a Pakistani lawmaker that killed 25 people despite a protracted crackdown on the assortment of militant groups operating in Pakistan. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed) (The Associated Press)

People mourn after funeral prayers of a victim of Friday's suicide attack in southwest Baluchistan province, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, May 13, 2017. The Islamic State group said it carried out the brazen suicide attack on a Pakistani lawmaker that killed 25 people despite a protracted crackdown on the assortment of militant groups operating in Pakistan. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed) (The Associated Press)

People offer funeral prayers of a victim of Friday's suicide attack in southwest Baluchistan province, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, May 13, 2017. The Islamic State group said it carried out the brazen suicide attack on a Pakistani lawmaker that killed 25 people despite a protracted crackdown on the assortment of militant groups operating in Pakistan. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed) (The Associated Press)

A Pakistani official says gunmen have killed 10 laborers who were working on a road project in the country's southwest

Local police official Abdul Salam says the attack took place Saturday near the recently completed Gwadar port in Baluchistan province, which was built with Chinese funding. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.

China is building a network of roads and power plants under a project known as the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor or CPEC. However, Salam said the road where the attack took place is not part of the project.

Saturday's incident comes a day after a bomber dispatched by the Islamic State group carried out an attack in Baluchistan that injured Pakistani lawmaker Abdul Ghafoor Haideri and killed 25 people.