No they were not, these people were responsible for the death of that FC constable on who's post they lobbed a grenade. The post-mortem report also stated that:
All five individuals suffer multiple bullet wounds from close range. Pieces of shrapnel have also been removed from the body. The cause of death of four of the individuals are the bullet wounds where as the fifth died as a result of an explosion and multiple wounds from shrapnel entry and exit.
Obviously they had grenades and obviously they were primed, not only that but they obviously had already removed the pin from one of the grenades which means that they intended to use it. Which does not say "We Come in Peace" in any corner of the world................
So there is no way that you could have missed the post-mortem report right ?
So is it the media that is confusing the situation, since the article above also states:
While security forces officials claimed that those killed were suicide bombers, the police surgeon who conducted autopsies found no indication that the foreigners, four Russians and one Tajik, carried explosives.
This whole issue has been turned into one big media circus and everyone wants in. Anyone who could not get their hands on news, printed speculations going about. Even the driver jumped in with his own brand of idiocy to add to the mix. He claimed that they had been killed for not giving a bribe to the FC constables, when asked if he could repeat the conversation on record the driver said: "I don't know, they were speaking in a foreign language". Now you tell me, how many Pakistani FC Constables do you think know Russian ?
This extract above is also a distortion, many news papers mentioned that all five had been shot at from close range but conveniently missed out the fact that the cause of death for one person was a grenade explosion.
Kharotabad tribunal report: FC, Police responsible
QUETTA: The report of the tribunal, investigating the Kharotabad incident, has revealed that police and FC personnel were responsible for the killing of the five foreigners and has recommended that action be taken against them, Geo News reported.
The report further states that the foreigners were killed due to firing and were not in possession of weapons or suicide jackets. However they had entered the country illegally.
On May 17, 2011 five people including three women were killed as a result of firing by FC and police officials in Kharotabad. The Balochistan government had ordered the formation of a tribunal to probe into the killings.
Kharotabad tribunal report: FC, Police responsible
How about tribunal report, is it wrong too? they have thoroughly analyzed the post mortem reports as well as questioned dozens of witness.