Bugti tribesmen said on Saturday that at least 19 people have been killed in two days of fighting with security forces. Zulfiqar, a resident of Dera Bugti, said that he could name 19 people killed in heavy shelling by the security forces. He said that clashes between government forces and the tribesmen started in the morning, while heavy shelling began late in the afternoon. He said that the shelling had destroyed seven shops and killed several animals.Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) General Secretary Agha Shahid Bugti said in a press conference that at least 65 people had been killed in military action in Dera Bugti between December 30 and January 20. He said that about 214 people had been injured. The government has not mentioned any casualties in the province. He accused the security forces of “playing havoc” in the area, saying that the death toll would have been more than 100 if all local residents had been in the area. Bugti said that the security forces were using “all kinds of weapons” in the clashes.