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Attacks in Pakistan injure and kill multiple people
In Pakistan, there were several attacks in different places.
Some bad people with guns attacked a police check post in Hangu, injuring three people, including one policeman.
In Balochistan, the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) said they killed six soldiers in three different attacks.
They used bombs and guns.
Another group, the Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF), said they attacked soldiers and destroyed some equipment.
Another group, the Baloch Republican Guards (BRG), attacked a police station in Hyderabad.
The police and soldiers are trying to stay safe and stop these bad things from happening.
An attack on a police check post in Hangu district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, left three people injured, including one policeman.
The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for killing six soldiers in three attacks in Quetta, Kachhi, and Kech districts of Balochistan.
The Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) claimed responsibility for four attacks in Nushki, Tump, and Dasht, killing and injuring several personnel.
The Baloch Republican Guards (BRG) claimed responsibility for an attack on a police station in Hyderabad, Sindh, causing casualties and damage.
Pakistan has seen an increase in terror activities, especially in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan provinces, after the TTP ended its ceasefire with the government in November 2022.
- Who
- Unknown armed assailants, Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF), Baloch Republican Guards (BRG)
- What
- Multiple attacks on police and military personnel
- Where
- Hangu district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Quetta, Kachhi, Kech, Nushki, Tump, Dasht, Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan
- When
- December 18-22
- Why
- Unknown, claimed responsibility for attacks by BLA, BLF, and BRG
Key facts
- Location 1
- Qazi Talab check post, Hangu district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
- Location 2
- Daghari region, Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan
- Location 3
- Kalamuddin region, Dhadar, Kachhi district, Balochistan, Pakistan
- Location 4
- Saami, Kulag area, Kech district, Balochistan, Pakistan
- Location 5
- Zarrin Jungle area, Nushki, Balochistan, Pakistan
- Location 6
- Malant area, Tump, Balochistan, Pakistan
- Location 7
- Shay Zangi area, Dasht, Balochistan, Pakistan
- Location 8
- Bhit Shah area, Hyderabad district, Sindh, Pakistan
- Date 1
- December 22
- Date 2
- December 18-20
- Date 3
- December 19
- Date 4
- December 19
- Date 5
- December 22
- Time 1
- Late Sunday night
- Time 2
- Late Friday night
- Injured 1
- 3 (including 1 policeman)
- Injured 2
- 2 (including 2 soldiers)
- Injured 3
- 2 (including 2 soldiers)
- Injured 4
- 2 (including 3 personnel)
- Injured 5
- 2 (including 2 others)
- Killed 1
- 1 (including 1 policeman)
- Killed 2
- 4 (including 4 soldiers)
- Killed 3
- 2 (including 2 soldiers)
- Killed 4
- 3 (including 3 personnel)
- Perpetrators 1
- Unknown armed assailants
- Perpetrators 2
- Baloch Liberation Army (BLA)
- Perpetrators 3
- Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF)
- Perpetrators 4
- Baloch Republican Guards (BRG)
Quotes
Jeeyand Baloch
BLA spokesman
“Their fighters executed a remote-controlled improvised explosive device (IED) attack in the Daghari region on the outskirts of Quetta on Friday. He mentioned that the explosive targeted military personnel who were 'assembled after clearing a railway track,' resulting in the immediate deaths of four soldiers and injuries to two more.”
thestatesman.com
Major Gwahram Baloch
BLF spokesperson
“Their fighters targeted a vehicle belonging to Pakistani forces with an IED in the Zarrin Jungle area of Nushki on December 18, killing three personnel and injuring two others. The group asserted that the vehicle was 'destroyed.'”
thestatesman.com
Dostain Baloch
BRG spokesperson
“Fighters targeted a police station with a hand grenade explosion, which caused what he referred to as 'human and material losses' to the police. He affirmed that the organisation took responsibility for the attack and added that such operations would persist 'until the freedom of Balochistan.'”
thestatesman.com
Sources
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