February 2019 Balochistan attacks
February 2019 Balochistan attacks | |
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Part of the insurgency in Balochistan | |
Location | Loralai & Panjgur District, Balochistan, Pakistan |
Date | 16 February 2019 PST (UTC+05:00) |
Target | Frontier Corps |
Attack type | Shootings |
Deaths | 2 FC personnel in Loralai 4 FC personnel in Panjgur[1] |
Injured | 11 |
Perpetrators | Baloch Raji Ajoi Sangar |
On 16 February 2019, armed men attacked and killed two Frontier Corps in Loralai.[2] Later on 17 February 2019, another attack took place on Pakistani security personnel in which four members of the Frontier Corps were killed in the Gardab area of Panjgur District.[3].The attack was carried out by the Baloch Raji Ajoi Sangar (BRAS), an alliance of three Balochi terrorist organizations, the Baloch Liberation Army, Balochistan Liberation Front and .[4][5][6]
These attacks were preceded by the January 2019 Loralai attack in Balochistan in which eight policemen and a civilian were killed by gunmen and suicide bombers affiliated with Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan on 29 January 2019.[7]
The attack happened hours before Saudi Arabia's Prince Mohammed bin Salman made his visit to Pakistan.[citation needed]
Reaction[]
Jamal Kamal Khan, the Chief Minister of Balochistan, condemned the attack and accused it of being as "a conspiracy against region's development".[3]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Militants kill 6 Pakistan soldiers in Balochistan near Iran - Times of India". The Times of India.
- ^ "Four more FC troops martyred near Panjgur". The Express Tribune. February 18, 2019.
- ^ a b "بلوچستان: دہشتگرد حملے میں 4 سکیورٹی اہلکار شہید" (in Urdu). Nawa-i-Waqt. February 18, 2019.
- ^ "4 security personnel killed in terrorist attack in SW Pakistan - Xinhua | English.news.cn". www.xinhuanet.com.
- ^ Shahid, Saleem (18 February 2019). "Four FC men martyred in Panjgur attack". Dawn.
- ^ "Four Pakistan soldiers killed in Balochistan attack: Report". The Times of India. 18 February 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
- ^ "Nine martyred in gun-and-suicide attack on DIG office in Loralai". tribune.com.pk. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
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