Terrorist attack on naval base in Pakistan, 6 killed

International Desk:  There has been a terrorist attack on a naval base in Pakistan. Six people were killed. One of the dead was a paramilitary soldier of the nuclear-armed country and five other attackers were terrorists. 

Reuters reported this information in a report on Tuesday (March 26).

According to reports, at least one paramilitary soldier was killed after terrorists attacked a Pakistan Navy airbase. Meanwhile, security forces retaliated and killed five attackers, officials said on Tuesday. 

The attack took place on Monday at the Turbat base in southwest Pakistan. This is their second attack on a military installation after the attack by ethnic Baloch terrorists last week.

A statement from Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's office said, "We have been spared a huge loss." 

A Pakistan Navy spokesman said five attackers were killed while trying to enter the base. On the other hand, an army statement said that a paramilitary soldier was also killed in the terrorist attack.

There are several separatist groups in Pakistan's Balochistan. The most prominent of these groups is the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA). The BLA claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement.

The BLA has also previously been involved in attacks against Pakistani and Chinese interests in the region and elsewhere.

China has invested heavily in the mineral-rich southwestern province of Baluchistan despite a decade-long separatist insurgency, Reuters said. Beijing is also conducting various activities including the development of Gwadar port in this province bordering Afghanistan and Iran.

 

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