Quetta, May 13 (NVI) Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) tonight said it carried out 7 more attacks as part of ‘Operation Herof’ military exercises under which 71 attacks were claimed earlier and at least 11 soldiers and affiliates were killed and several injured.
These 7 attacks were carried out in Ornach, Panjgur, Kalat, Noshki and Sibi and involved blockades on main highways, IED and armed attacks on occupying forces, during which agents were neutralized and check posts captured.
“These attacks were part of coordinated attacks under the Baloch Liberation Army’s ‘Operation Herof 2.0’ military exercise during which a total of 78 operations were carried out at 58 locations,” its spokesman Jeeyand Baloch said.
During the intervening night of May 10 & 11, BLA fighters maintained control of the highway at Ornach Cross in the Khuzdar area for over 2 hours, he said.
During the blockade, snap checks were carried out & 2 vehicles involved in looting Baloch national resources were targeted, he said.
Fighters also captured a Levies Force post and set it on fire, the spokesman said.
On the night of May 11, BLA freedom fighters targeted a post of occupying Pakistani army at Nokabad in Panjgur.
Fighters attacked the occupying army with automatic weapons, while rocket launchers and several shells using grenade launchers were fired at the enemy army, he said.
The attack lasted more than 25 minutes during which at least 2 occupying army personnel were eliminated and 5 were injured.
In another operation, freedom fighters seized cameras installed by occupying Pakistani army in the Paroom Jain area of Panjgur.
Freedom fighters also targeted occupying Pakistani army Bomb Disposal Squad personnel using a remote-controlled IED attack in the Garap area of Kalat while they were engaged in a clearance operation.
In the attack, 2 enemy personnel were eliminated, the spokesman said.
Freedom fighters neutralized 4 agents of Pakistani intelligence agencies in the Galangor area of Noshki.
These agents had been arrested by Baloch Liberation Army freedom fighters in Ahmedwal area of Noshki during a blockade, he said.
During interrogation, these agents confessed that they were working as agents for the Pakistani army and its intelligence agencies in disguise, the spokesman said
Baloch Liberation Army freedom fighters targeted an occupying Pakistani army post at the railway station in Sibi with a hand grenade attacks.
Similarly, freedom fighters targeted an occupying Pakistani army post in the Mathri area of Kachi with an armed attack, as a result of which at least 3 enemy army personnel were injured.
These attacks are a continuation of BLA’s ongoing resistance strategy, “Operation Herof,” against the occupying state, Jeeyand Baloch said. (NVI)
