Pakistani security forces have suffered heavy losses as at least eight personnel were killed by unknown armed gunmen in two different attacks on Monday.
According to The Balochistan Post correspondent, the attacks were carried out in Mashkay and Panjgur, where vehicles belonging to Pakistani security forces were targeted.
According to the details given by the local administration, in one of the attacks at least 6 were killed near Mashkay, when armed gunmen unleashed a surprise attack on vehicles carrying Pakistani personnel. Two personnel also suffered injuries, whereas, a vehicle was damaged.
The weapons of personnel killed were also taken away by the gunmen, who fled after the attack.
Mashkay is the hometown of medical doctor turned armed leader of Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF), Dr. Allah Nazar. The town is considered one of the most volatile areas in Balochistan, where skirmishes between Baloch armed groups and Pakistani military are routine.
In the other attack, at least two personnel of Pakistani security forces were killed and ‘several others’ injured, when unknown armed persons attacked a Pakistani forces convoy in Sorap, Panjgur.
Panjgur is on the route of China funded multi-billion dollar project, China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), where Pakistani Army and special services have been deployed for the protection of the project.
Security forces and personnel of construction company FWO, which is a subsidiary of Pakistani military, have continuously been targeted in the region by Baloch armed groups, who claim the CPEC was initiated without the ‘will and approval of Baloch nation’.
No group has claimed responsibility for today’s attacks at the time of filing this report.