Overview
- Militants hit police stations in Dhadar and Noshki with gunfire and grenades, killing Suba Khan Bajkani and injuring five officers, and police returned fire and killed one attacker.
- During the Dhadar assault, the attackers burned several police vehicles and damaged a nearby national ID office, disrupting local services.
- Hours after the assaults, security forces carried out an intelligence-based raid outside Noshki that killed five militants and destroyed their hideout.
- Troops seized rocket launchers, bombs, explosives and communication gear in the raid, and they cordoned the area for large-scale searches that are still underway.
- Pakistan’s prime minister and interior minister praised police and the CTD, and officials labeled the assailants “Fitna al-Hindustan,” a term used for banned separatist groups.