The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has claimed responsibility for an attack on two Pakistan Coast Guards boats in Jiwani, a coastal area of Gwadar district in Balochistan, claiming that 13 personnel were killed.
In a statement, BLA spokesperson Jeeyand Baloch said the group’s maritime unit, the Hammal Maritime Defence Force (HMDF), simultaneously targeted two large Coast Guards boats in what he described as a coordinated and intense attack. He claimed that 13 personnel were killed at the scene.
There was no immediate response from Pakistani authorities regarding the reported attack or casualties.
Jeeyand Baloch said the BLA had formally announced the establishment of the HMDF on 13 April 2026, describing it as part of the group’s efforts to expand the scope of the Baloch independence movement and protect Balochistan’s maritime territory, coastline and resources.
He further claimed that the unit had carried out its first maritime operation on 12 April 2026 at Mil Tiyab in Jiwani, targeting a Pakistani Navy patrol boat and killing three naval personnel.
The spokesperson said the unit was named after Hammal Jeeyand Baloch, whom the group described as a prominent Baloch maritime resistance figure of the sixteenth century who opposed Portuguese colonial expansion in the region.
According to the statement, the HMDF aims to defend what the BLA describes as occupied coastlines and disrupt the maritime movements of Pakistani forces. The group said it would release further details about the latest operation at a later date.