Five people have been killed in an attack on a coal mine in Balochistan Province, Pakistan. The incident happened on Thursday 9 May 2019, in the Harnai District in the northeast of the province, when gunmen opened fire on miners, killing two. This prompted the deployment of troops from the Balochistan Frontier Corps, who were then ambushed, with three soldiers killed when their vehicle was blown up by an improvised explosive device, and two further soldiers were killed in a shootout with the attackers.
The remains of a Balochistan Frontier Corps vehicle destroyed in an ambush in Balochistan Province, Pakistan, on 9 May 2019. The Bolochistan Post.
Responsibility for the attack has been claimed by Baloch Raaji Aajoi Sangar, a group demanding independence for Balochistan, which they feel is exploited for its mineral wealth by the Pakistan government, with little of the wealth generated reaching local people. The group has carried out a series of attacks on military personnel, workers at mines (which often employ large numbers of people from other parts of Pakistan) and Chinese nationals working on projects in the province.
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