Balochistan: Seven including a woman and two children reportedly killed in Mashkay operation
AWARAN: Pakistani security forces reportedly backed by Pakistan Air Force helicopters conducted a military operation in Sannari area of Mashkay, Balochistan on Friday.
According to details Pakistan forces attacked the house of late guerrilla fighter Mahmood Baloch and reportedly killed his two daughters and five other male members of same family – some reports suggest that all five of them are brothers.
The victims were named as Samina, 10 year old Shireen, Sattar, Sabzal, Dad Mohammed, 13 year old Pir Baksh and Amanullah Baloch. Independent sources reported that Sattar and Samina embraced martyrdom on the spot while 10 year old Shireen succumbed to her injuries on way to hospital at Naal area of Khuzdar.
Baloch social media activists reported that Pakistan army took away the bodies of 13 year old boy Pir Bakhsh, Sabzal Khan, Dad Mohammad, Amanullah Baloch.
Several other people including women and children have been wounded due indiscriminate shelling and bombardment. The house of the above mentioned victims have reportedly been completely destroyed.
Separately Pakistan forces also carried out military offensives in Barkhan, Panjgur and Basima areas of Balochistan. In Panjgur the forces reportedly harassed women and children during the operation and forced them to stay out of their houses for several hours.
Meanwhile a member of so called Aman Laskhar (Peace Committee) was killed and another injured in a landmine explosion in Bekar area of Dera Bugti.
The Aman Lashkar is a pro-military criminal group supported by Pakistani intelligence agencies and army to counter pro-liberation Baloch fighters in Dera Bugti and surrounding areas.