Baloch Liberation Army ambushes military bus travelling from Karachi to Quetta, kill 29 Pakistani soldiers
The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) and the Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) have targeted Pakistani army soldiers in two separate incidents and killed 39 soldiers. The BLA targeted a bus carrying Pakistani soldiers from Karachi to Quetta in an IED attack, killing 29 Pakistani soldiers. Along with this, the BLF also carried out attacks in Kalat and Jhau and killed 10 others.
Fateh Squad attack military bus
The BLA claimed it carried out two major attacks on Wednesday, July 16. The most significant attack took place at Nimrag Cross in Kalat, where the Fateh Squad ambushed a military bus travelling from Karachi to Quetta. 29 military personnel were killed and many injured in the attack.
The group said civilian qawwali artists were also travelling on the bus but were not the target. It has asked civilians to stay away from military installations and convoys to avoid future attacks.
On Wednesday, BLA fighters detonated an IED in the Hazar Ganji area of Quetta, killing two soldiers and injuring seven others. BLA spokesman Jiand Baloch informed about these attacks and described it as the group's war against Pakistani occupation of Balochistan. BLF, another separatist armed group of Balochistan, has also talked about attacks on the Pakistani army .
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