Islamabad, 04 September (H.S.): Armed men blew up and destroyed 14 vehicles belonging to a construction company in Balochistan, Pakistan. No organisation has so far claimed responsibility for the incident. The vehicles included eight dump trucks, two loaders, one excavator, one trailer, one bitumen distributor and one water bowser. The incident took place at the same location where armed men had earlier attacked Pakistani Army personnel and a deputy commissioner’s team.

According to a report by The Balochistan Post, no organisation has so far claimed responsibility for the attack on the construction company’s vehicles. However, the Baloch Liberation Army has claimed responsibility for the attack on Pakistani Army personnel at Ziarat Cross, saying that 18 soldiers were killed in the assault. The Balochistan Liberation Army’s official channel, HUKAL, also released a one-minute-and-11-second video of the Ziarat Cross attack on Thursday.

Meanwhile, a spokesperson for the All Parties Kech said in a statement that all roads in Turbat have remained closed for the past four days due to the presence of some unidentified YouTubers and visits by various organisations. The statement alleged that the YouTubers behaved badly with journalists during their visit to the Turbat Press Club. It further alleged that during their visit to the Teaching Hospital, the YouTubers’ security personnel insulted doctors and assaulted paramedical staff.

It is worth mentioning that a security high alert has been imposed in Turbat city of Balochistan to protect YouTubers brought in from different cities of Pakistan, particularly Islamabad and Lahore. The security arrangements have caused difficulties for local residents in carrying out their daily activities.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Jun Sarkar