More than a dozen dead in Balochistan attack in Pakistan

At least 13 people including soldiers have been killed in an attack on a security facility in southwestern Pakistan.

At least 13 people including soldiers have been killed in an attack on a security facility in southwestern Pakistan.

A Frontier Corps camp in the Muslim Bagh area of northern Balochistan was attacked in the early hours of Friday. The military launched an operation to rescue hostages and clear the area, the military’s media wing, Inter-Services Public Relations, said in a statement on Saturday (May 13).

In the process of the operation, “at least six soldiers and a civilian were killed”, it said. Another six people including a woman were wounded.

The dead included all six attackers who the military said were well-equipped and stormed the compound.

“The complex clearance operation involved a hostage rescue operation as well to save three families from a residential block. The terrorists had not even spared children of their horrendous approach,” the statement said.

“The security forces, in step with the nation, remain determined to thwart all attempts at sabotaging the peace, stability and progress of Balochistan,” it said.