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Suspected Militants Kill Judge, Security Guard in Ambush in Restive Southwest Pakistan
Security forces launched a search operation and the Balochistan Bar Council announced a two-day strike after the attack killed two and injured two.
- On Thursday, unidentified gunmen ambushed a vehicle in Mastung, Balochistan, killing Sessions Judge Abdul Hakeem Kakar and his security guard; Additional Sessions Judge Tariq Lashari and another person sustained critical injuries in the Wali Khan area.
- Separatist insurgents have stepped up attacks in recent months, with the Baloch Liberation Army claiming responsibility for numerous assaults on officials in recent years; security forces recently killed six terrorists during intelligence-based operations in Khad Kocha.
- Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti condemned the killing as "an attack on the state itself," vowing that "the blood of the guardians of the law will not go in vain." He pledged to dismantle every terrorist network in the province.
- The Balochistan Bar Council announced a two-day strike and three days of mourning, with lawyers planning to wear black armbands in court to protest the attack on the judiciary and demand immediate arrest of those responsible.
- Authorities imposed an indefinite curfew in Khad Kocha on Wednesday to maintain public safety, while security forces cordoned off the area and established checkpoints to apprehend the attackers and intensify operations against anti-state elements.
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Independent EspañolQUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A group of alleged militiamen ambushed a vehicle in which a district judge was traveling in Pakistan’s conflicted southwest on Thursday, causing the death of the magistrate and his bodyguard before fleeing...
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Suspected militants kill judge, security guard in ambush in restive southwest Pakistan
Officials say suspected militants have ambushed a vehicle carrying a district judge in restive southwestern Pakistan on Thursday, killing him and his security guard.
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