Assailants threw a hand grenade at a bus station within the risky southwest Pakistan on Tuesday killing a passerby and wounding two others, police mentioned in an indication of accelerating violence within the area.
“The attack happened in Dera Murad Jamali a town in Baluchistan province,” mentioned Aziz Baloch an space police official.
No group claimed duty for the assault. It got here hours after Prime Minister Imran Khan visited one other area within the province to guarantee his assist for troops who got here underneath assault within the Naushki and Panjgur districts, final Wednesday.
Nine troopers and 20 assailants had been killed in these twin assaults and subsequent clearing operations. The Baluchistan Liberation Army, a gaggle designated terrorist by the US in 2019 had claimed duty.
Baluchistan has witnessed a low-level insurgency by small teams who demand independence from the central authorities in Islamabad. Although authorities say they’ve quelled the insurgency, violence in province has persevered.
