Suspected suicide attack kills at least nine police officers in southwestern Pakistan | Act Daily News

Quetta, Pakistan
Act Daily News
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At least 9 cops had been killed and 11 others injured in a suspected suicide blast in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province on Monday, authorities mentioned, the newest in a string of current assaults towards safety personnel within the South Asian nation.

Kachhi Police senior superintendent Mehmood Notezai mentioned a automobile carrying policemen was focused within the province’s Sibi district. “Preliminary evidence suggests it was a suicide attack,” he mentioned, including an investigation was underway. There has been no declare of accountability for the assault to date.

Among the injured officers, three stay in crucial situation and are receiving hospital remedy, Sibi’s Combined Military Hospital administration mentioned.

Footage obtained by Act Daily News confirmed items of particles strewn alongside an remoted freeway on the scene of the assault, as authorities scoured the location for proof.

Balochistan, Pakistan’s largest province by space, has seen a decades-long insurgency by separatists who demand independence from the nation, citing what they are saying is the state’s monopoly and exploitation of the area’s mineral assets.

The blast Monday was the third main assault towards Pakistani safety personnel in as many months, highlighting the quickly deteriorating safety state of affairs within the nation.

At least 4 individuals had been killed and 14 others injured in February after militants stormed the police headquarters within the southern metropolis of Karachi. Pakistan’s Taliban, often known as Tehreek e Taliban Pakistan (TTP), claimed accountability for the assault, in response to spokesman Mohammad Khorasani.

And in January, a minimum of 100 individuals – largely police officers – died after a suicide bomb ripped by means of a mosque within the northwestern metropolis of Peshawar, marking one of many deadliest assaults within the nation in years.

TTP officers initially claimed the blast was “revenge” for the loss of life of a TTP militant final yr earlier than the militant group’s essential spokesperson later denied the group was concerned within the assault.