Quetta: Dozens of militants armed with guns and rockets stormed a police station and set fire to two banks in restive southwestern Pakistan, killing a boy and wounding nine others before fleeing, officials said. The boy died when the attackers fired on civilians indiscriminately during the attacks in Mastung, a district in Balochistan province, said Jan Mohammad, a local govt administrator. Mohammad said some of the insurgents were also killed in the shootout with security forces. A provincial govt spokesman, Shahid Rind, said a security operation had been launched to pursue the assailants. No group immediately claimed responsibility, though suspicion is likely to fall on the outlawed Baloch Liberation Army, or BLA, which often targets security forces and civilians in Balochistan and elsewhere.
The province is also home to militants linked to the Pakistani Taliban and the Islamic State group. 94 killed in terrorist attacks At least 94 people, including 53 security personnel, were killed in 78 terrorist attacks across Pakistan in June this year, according to a new report. The monthly security report released by Islamabad-based think tank Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS) said from Jan to June 2025, there were 502 terrorist incidents across the country, resulting in 737 deaths. Among the deceased were 284 security forces personnel and 273 civilians. In June alone, 78 terror attacks claimed the lives of 53 security personnel, 39 civilians, and 2 members of peace committees. In response to the escalating violence, Pakistani security forces intensified counter-terrorism operations during June, eliminating 71 militants. These operations also resulted in the deaths of 2 security personnel and 2 civilians, it said.
