Banned terrorist organization Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) has denied involvement in the massacre of 21 coal mine workers in Dukki.
Dozens of assailants attacked coal mines in Dukki, Pakistan’s restive southwestern province of Balochistan, with guns, rockets and grenades on Friday, killing some miners in their sleep and others in line. Shot after doing.
Several news outlets reported that the outlawed BLA was involved in the attack, however, the terrorist organization said in an email to Reuters late on Saturday, “Baloch Liberation Army killed 21 Pashtun workers in Dhaka”. condemns the general, and makes it clear that our organization has no involvement in this tragic incident.’
No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack on the mines of the Junaid Coal Company in the mineral-rich province of Balochistan, which borders Afghanistan and Iran.
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It was the worst such attack in weeks and came just days before Pakistan hosted a summit of the Eurasian group, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
After 21 miners were killed in an attack by armed men on a coal mine in Dhaka, Chief Minister Sarfaraz Bugti ruled out the need for any military operation in the province.
He said that a meeting of the provincial apex committee has been called on October 15 to review the security plan. The federal government has assured the provincial government of full cooperation in operations against terrorists.
The province is home to major mining projects, including Rekodak, which is operated by giant Barrack Gold and is believed to be one of the largest gold and copper mines in the world. China also operates gold and copper mines in the province.
At the time of the attack, a delegation from Saudi Arabia was in Islamabad ready to buy shares in the Rekodic mine, which wants to become a shareholder of Rekodic.
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