February 2019 Balochistan attacks

On 16 February 2019, armed men attacked and killed two Frontier Corps in Loralai.[2] Later on 17 February 2019, another attack took place on Pakistani security personnel in which four members of the Frontier Corps were killed in the Gardab area of Panjgur District.[3] The attack was carried out by the Baloch Raji Ajoi Sangar (BRAS), an alliance of three Balochi terrorist organizations, the Baloch Liberation Army, Balochistan Liberation Front and Baloch Republican Guard.[4][5][6]

February 2019 Balochistan attacks
Part of the insurgency in Balochistan
LocationLoralai & Panjgur District, Balochistan, Pakistan
Date16 February 2019 (2019-02-16)
PST (UTC+05:00)
TargetFrontier Corps
Attack type
Shootings
Deaths2 FC personnel in Loralai
4 FC personnel in Panjgur[1]
Injured11
PerpetratorsBaloch Raji Ajoi Sangar

These attacks were preceded by the January 2019 Loralai attack in Balochistan in which eight policemen and a civilian were killed by gunmen and suicide bombers affiliated with Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan on 29 January 2019.[7]

The attack happened hours before Saudi Arabia's Prince Mohammed bin Salman made his visit to Pakistan.

Reaction

Jamal Kamal Khan, the Chief Minister of Balochistan, condemned the attack and accused it of being as "a conspiracy against region's development".[3]

References
  1. "Militants kill 6 Pakistan soldiers in Balochistan near Iran - Times of India". The Times of India.
  2. "Four more FC troops martyred near Panjgur". The Express Tribune. February 18, 2019.
  3. "بلوچستان: دہشتگرد حملے میں 4 سکیورٹی اہلکار شہید" (in Urdu). Nawa-i-Waqt. February 18, 2019.
  4. "4 security personnel killed in terrorist attack in SW Pakistan - Xinhua | English.news.cn". www.xinhuanet.com.
  5. Shahid, Saleem (18 February 2019). "Four FC men martyred in Panjgur attack". Dawn.
  6. "Four Pakistan soldiers killed in Balochistan attack: Report". The Times of India. 18 February 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  7. "Nine martyred in gun-and-suicide attack on DIG office in Loralai". tribune.com.pk. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
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