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Protesters in Parachinar set ablaze two police checkpoints. [10] Internet was shut down, mobile services were suspended, schools were closed and a severe medicine and food shortage occurred after the attack. [11] Reports emerged of intense gunfire in Lower Kurram Agency between the Alizai and Bagan tribes. [9] [12]
The conflict began on May 4, 2023, when a school shooting took place at a high school in Tari Mangal, killing seven people, including five teachers and two labors, [3] According to Deputy Commissioner Saiful Islam, the teacher who died in the initial attack was a Sunni Muslim, while those targeted in the subsequent shooting at the school were ...
On 4 May 2023, a school shooting took place at a high school in Parachinar, Kurram District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, killing seven people and wounding three police officers. Earlier in the day, a teacher from the same school was shot dead in a separate attack.
As a result of the attack, 14 soldiers were killed. The Pakistani army's media wing Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) confirmed the incident. [1] [2] The attack occurred hours after a bomb targeting security forces was detonated in Dera Ismail Khan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, killing five people and injuring 20. [3]
20 March - 10 people (including 2 soldiers) were killed in a bomb blast and gun attack by the BLA militants at Gwadar Port Authority Complex. [13] 26 March - 6 killed (including one paramilitary soldier) in a militant attack on Pakistan naval airbase. [14] 26 March - Five Chinese nationals killed in suicide bomb attack in Pakistan. [15]
The Islamic State claimed responsibility for both attacks in a statement posted on Telegram. [15] [10] They released a statement on its affiliated Amaq News Agency taking responsibility for the bombings, claiming that the bombing in Pishin killed and wounded around 45 "apostates", and the bombing in Killa Saifullah killed and wounded another 35 ...
Majeed Brigade, an armed wing of the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) which demands the secession of Balochistan province, claimed responsibility for the attack. [7] The group called the attack a warning to foreign investors interested in Gwadar, signalling to China of its investments in Gwadar port.
On 29 March, Chinese investigators arrived in Pakistan to join a probe into the attack. [11] On 1 April, Pakistani police said that they had arrested 12 people in connection with the attack. [12] On 23 May, the Economic Coordination Committee of the Cabinet decided to pay USD 2.58 million to the families of Chinese workers that died in the ...