One person sustained injuries when Baloch Republican Guards (BRG) militants hurled a hand grenade at the residence of former Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Haider Bugti at Loni Road in Sibi town (Sibi District) of Balochistan in the night of May 15, reports The Balochistan Post. The injured person was identified as Shouqat s/o Baaram Khan, one of the employees who worked in the bungalow. The assailants managed to flee from the area after carrying out the attack. BRG claimed responsibility for the attack. BRG said that their target was Haider Bugti who had joined the Military Intelligence of Pakistan after retirement from the Police.
Separately, The Balochistan Post reported on May 17 that ten Baloch persons had gone missing from Kech District in past 3 days. A Baloch youth named Bilal s/o Haibatan went missing from Huskabad area of Tump town in Kech District on May 16. Bilal was forcefully disappeared by the government-backed group from Huskabad. However, no steps are being taken by the District authorities for his recovery.
Earlier on May 15, Security Forces (SFs) raided the houses of several people including the vice chairman of the Baloch National Movement, Ghulam Nabi, in Tump town. SFs allegedly detained 6 persons during raids. Their whereabouts are unknown since. The abductees have been identified as Qayyum son of Mullah Bilal, Sabit son of Mullah Bilal, Waju Shaihak son of Daad Karim, Majid son of Rasheed, Israel son of Hussain and Alam son of Salam.
Whereas, on May 14, SFs and intelligence agencies launched an operation in Gomazi area of Kech District and arrested three persons including an elderly man and shifted them to unknown locations. The missing persons have been identified as 60-year-old Khudadaad, Saghir Baloch and Tariq Baloch.