February 2019 Balochistan attacks

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February 2019 Balochistan attacks
Part of the insurgency in Balochistan
LocationLoralai & Panjgur District, Balochistan, Pakistan
Date16 February 2019 (2019-02-16)
PST (UTC+05:00)
TargetFrontier Corps
Attack type
Shootings
Deaths2 FC personnel in Loralai
4 FC personnel in Panjgur[1]
Injured11
PerpetratorsBaloch 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]

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References[]

  1. ^ "Militants kill 6 Pakistan soldiers in Balochistan near Iran - Times of India". The Times of India.
  2. ^ "Four more FC troops martyred near Panjgur". The Express Tribune. February 18, 2019.
  3. ^ a b "بلوچستان: دہشتگرد حملے میں 4 سکیورٹی اہلکار شہید" (in Urdu). Nawa-i-Waqt. February 18, 2019.
  4. ^ "4 security personnel killed in terrorist attack in SW Pakistan - Xinhua | English.news.cn". www.xinhuanet.com.
  5. ^ Shahid, Saleem (18 February 2019). "Four FC men martyred in Panjgur attack". Dawn.
  6. ^ "Four Pakistan soldiers killed in Balochistan attack: Report". The Times of India. 18 February 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  7. ^ "Nine martyred in gun-and-suicide attack on DIG office in Loralai". tribune.com.pk. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
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