One dead after insurgents briefly seize control of a city in southwest Pakistan and loot a bank

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Officials accidental dozens of equipped separatists concisely seized power of a high-security country successful a metropolis successful southwestern Pakistan, sidesplitting a authorities authoritative successful an onslaught connected his residence and looting a slope earlier fleeing

ByABDUL SATTAR Associated Press

QUETTA, Pakistan -- Dozens of equipped separatists concisely seized power of a high-security country successful a metropolis successful southwestern Pakistan connected Friday, sidesplitting a authorities authoritative and looting a slope earlier fleeing, constabulary and officials said.

Hidayat Buledi, a section authorities official, was killed and his location was acceptable connected occurrence successful the onslaught connected Sorab, successful the Balochistan region, section constabulary main Hafeez Ullah said.

He said Buledi was “martyred” portion trying to support women and children trapped wrong the burning location during the assault.

Ullah said respective insurgents were killed successful the shootout with police.

The outlawed Baloch Liberation Army, oregon BLA, which was designated a panic radical by the United States successful 2019, claimed work for the attack. In a statement, BLA said its fighters had taken power of cardinal authorities buildings successful Sorab.

Ullah dismissed the claim, saying the insurgents fled erstwhile information forces responded to the assault. He said the attackers stormed Buledi's location and besides acceptable occurrence to respective residences of authorities officials. Four civilians were injured.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned the attack, saying the assailants targeted civilians, including women and children.

Shahid Rind, a spokesperson for the Balochistan government, blamed Indian proxies for the onslaught without offering immoderate evidence.

There was nary contiguous remark from New Delhi.

Sorab, a metropolis known for its pome and grape orchards, is located adjacent a cardinal China-Pakistan trade route, which includes roads and obstruction systems to nexus occidental China’s Xinjiang portion to Pakistan’s southwestern Gwadar larboard connected the Arabian Sea.