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| BLA claims killing of 7 soldiers, police |
| 2008-06-20 |
| The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) on Thursday claimed responsibility for the deaths of seven army personnel and one police inspector in two separate incidents of violence in Kohlu and Khuzdar districts. According to a confirmed report, two armed men opened fire on Punjabi-speaking police inspector Rao Ghulam Mustafa in Khuzdar district on Thursday afternoon and killed him. His son, who was travelling with him, escaped unharmed. The local administration began a search for the escaped attackers and cordoned off major parts of the city. Local police deployment and patrols were also increased in the wake of the policeman’s murder. Similarly, the police have started searching local people and commuters. Bibarg Baloch, a BLA spokesman, told Daily Times that his outfit had carried out the attack as a continuation of its cycle of attacks on policemen. He also claimed that the BLA had killed seven soldiers and injured four others when they attacked an army van with rockets and automatic weapons. “The army van was heading from Kahan to Kholu when they were targeted,” the spokesman said, warning that further attacks of a similar nature would follow in future. However, there was no confirmation of the attack on the army van in Kohlu by the government or by independent sources, as access to the area of the media has been denied. |
| Posted by:Fred |