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| 8 police staff, one civilian martyred in Balochistan suicide and gun attack |
| 2019-01-30 |
| [DAWN] Nine individuals, including eight police staff and a civilian, died in a gun and suicide kaboom on the office of the deputy inspector general of police in Balochistan ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... 's Loralai district on Tuesday. At least 21 others also sustained injuries in the attack including 12 coppers and nine civilians, a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said. All three attackers were killed. The dead included three police constables, two gardeners, one washerman, one cook, a 'Class IV' police employee as well as one civilian, as per an information report issued by the provincial police. According to ISPR, three armed jacket wallahs had attempted to enter the DIG cop shoppe in the afternoon when nearly 800 candidates were present in the compound for enrollment in Balochistan police. "Senior police officials were busy selecting candidates for different categories of civilian jobs when these turbans entered the compound and hurled hand grenades," Balochistan police chief Mohsin Butt told AFP. |
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