Suspected Anti-Baloch Group Targeted Frontier Corps Check Post – Seven Killed Six Injured

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QUETTA, 27 December 2020, (TON): Six personnel Frontier Corps were killed when unidentified carried out firing at Paramilitary check post in district of Harnai on Sunday.

Police spokesperson Shahwali Tareen confiring the incident said that during the exchange of gunfire early Sunday morning, six paramilitary troops and two private guards were killed. He said six other personnel were critically wounded in the attack. Meanwhile, witnesses said that such attacks are frequently carried out by anti-Baloch elements to create hatred and military action against the Baloch elements who are already a marginalized faction in the Balochistan province.

Earlier, two days back a bomb exploded near a soccer field, killing two spectators and wounding another six in Panjgur district.  Such incident happened in the past too and allegations were always leveled of Baloch groups. Witnesses claimed that these attacks are sponsored from anti-Baloch elements across the border.

No group claimed responsibility for either attack.

 

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