Unknown gunmen killed 39 people late Sunday night in Pakistan. According to Pakistani newspaper Dawn, the attackers in Balochistan also targeted highways, police stations and the railway line between Pakistan and Iran. The attackers first blocked a highway in Musakhel district of Balochistan. The attackers shot dead 23 people one by one in the name of checking people’s ID cards. All the people who died were travelers. After this, 6 people were killed in an explosion on the railway line. While 10 people including security personnel died in the attack on police stations. According to the report, the militant organization Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) has taken responsibility for the attack by emailing a journalist. According to Radio Pakistan, 21 BLA fighters have been killed in retaliation. 14 Pakistani security personnel have also been killed in retaliation. Terrorists set vehicles on fire and fled
According to Pakistani newspaper Dawn, out of the 23 people killed on the highway, 20 were from Punjab, while 3 were from Balochistan. Musakhel police officer Najeeb Kakar said that the gunmen had closed the highway in Rarasham area and were questioning the vehicles passing by. After the incident, they set 12 vehicles on fire and fled through the hills. Musakhel’s Senior SP Ayub Khoso said that a banned terrorist organization carried out this incident. However, he did not reveal its identity. He said that it seems that people were killed after knowing their ethnic identity. Pakistani PM Sharif condemned the attack
Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif strongly condemned the attack. He said that the terrorists responsible for this incident will be given severe punishment. No kind of terrorism will be tolerated in the country. President Asif Ali Zardari and Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfaraz Bugti have also condemned this incident of terrorism. Bugti said that the Balochistan government will pursue the terrorists. In April, 9 people from Punjab were shot in a similar attack
Before this attack, a similar attack took place in April, in which people were identified and shot. Then 9 people were shot after checking ID cards near Nushki in Balochistan. The people killed were from Punjab. In October 2023, unknown attackers shot 6 laborers from Punjab in Turbat in Kech district. A similar incident took place in 2015 when gunmen attacked a labor camp near Turba and killed 20 laborers. Also read this news related to terrorism in Pakistan… Terrorist attack in Pakistan, people shot in sleep: 7 people killed An unknown attacker shot and killed 7 people in Gwadar, Pakistan on Thursday morning. According to Pakistani news channel Geo News, the deceased were sleeping at the time of the attack. One person has also been injured in the firing. The deceased were residents of Punjab, Pakistan. They used to work at a barber shop near Gwadar Port. Read the full news here…
