Seven dead after BLA attack on Pakistan Stock Exchange in Karachi

A Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) source, confirming the claim, said: "Majeed Brigade of Baloch Liberation Army today has carried out a self-sacrificing attack on Karachi stock exchange. Our fighters are inside the building and have taken control of the area."The BLA has conducted a low-level separatist insurgency against targets in Pakistan for nearly two decades. The group was initially formed due to anger over the state's perceived monopoly over Balochistan province's mineral resources.It has previously killed and kidnapped Chinese engineers working in the province.

 

BLA martyrs (Fida'een) are creating history in Baloch national resistance. Karachi attack has achieved the real goals of resistance, such attacks will be supported and will be continue to achieve national goal said Beebagr Baloch. BLA militants killed two security guards and a police officer. Police said the four assailants were also killed.

In a statement issued to the media, Balochistan Liberation Army spokesman  paid tributes to Salman Hamal alias Nautak, Shehzad Baloch alias Kobra, Sangat Taslim alias Muslim and Sangat Siraj Kangar alias Yagi. H le said that the martyrs have breathed a new life into the continuation of the Baloch national liberation movement, the intensity of which will be felt by every Baloch youth, old men and woman.

The spokesman said that the sentiments, feelings and spirit of sacrifice of the Baloch youth for the freedom and irrigation of the homeland were proving to be a source of anger for the occupying Pakistan. The stock exchange is consider to be the backbone of any country's economy. Located in a sensitive high security area of ​​Karachi, targeting stock exchanges on arrival is a failure of Pakistani institutions, while Baloch militants have proven the best strategies and plans that Baloch militants have the ability to attack the enemy anytime and anywhere.

The spokesman said that Pakistan was continuing its exploitative plans with Baloch genocide to perpetuate its occupation of Balochistan and China was an equal partner in these exploitative plans. As Jeeyand Baloch, spokesman for the Baloch Liberation Army, has said "the attack is not only on Pakistan's economic interests but also on China's economic interests in Balochistan in response to China's exploitative plans and a warning that if China continues to exploit Baloch. He said that Pakistan would continue to support the Baloch genocide and the attacks of Baloch militants on its interests would be intensified.

"This attack is no less than a great victory in the Baloch armed resistance. Our organization considers martyrdom attacks as an important and effective weapon against the occupiers in pursuit of national independence and purpose. The moral and practical support of these attacks will be continue," he added.