Dozens of insurgents wielding guns and rockets stormed a police station and torched two bank branches in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province on Tuesday, killing a child and injuring nine others. Although no organization has claimed responsibility for this yet, the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) is being suspected. Here, two traffic policemen were killed in an attack by unidentified gunmen in Lakki Marwat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
According to officials, insurgents attacked and opened fire on civilians in Balochistan’s Mastung district. Local government official Jan Mohammad claimed that some insurgents were also killed in an encounter with security forces. While provincial government spokesperson Shahid Rind said that an operation has been launched to nab the attackers. The banned organization BLA is suspected to be involved in the attack. Balochistan has long witnessed an insurgency by separatist organizations demanding independence.
This province has also been a stronghold of terrorists associated with the Pakistani Taliban and the Islamic State organization. According to ANI, another woman was kidnapped by Pakistani security forces in Balochistan. This is the second such incident in the last one month According to the Balochistan Post, 30-year-old Rubina Baloch was kidnapped on Monday when she visited her sister’s house in Turbat city.