Mastung operation: Four Baloch women injured, entire village set on fire by Pakistan military

Occupied Balochistan: five people including four Baloch women have been injured when the Pakistani Para-Military forces attacked a village of Lehri tribe in GHULAM PAERINZ region of Mastung town in Balochistan. The Pakistani forces also set the entire village on fire, broke the door and windows of houses and badly beaten Baloch women and children occupants of the village. The government force took away several vehicles and motorcycles as well.

According to details the Pakistani FC (Frontier Corps) attacked the village around 10 pm on Saturday night. In response to the Pakistani security forces aggression the villagers who belong to Lehri tribe of Baloch have retaliated trying to defend their families and the village. The clash between the tribe and the Pakistani forces continued till 3 am Sunday Morning, the Pakistan forces fired mortors and other sophisticated and automatic weapons against the villagers. Unconfirmed sources say that two babies of age six month also died during the attack on Baloch village in Mastung. However no authentic sources have confirmed this report as yet. It must be mentioned that before beginning such operations the Pakistan military always blocks all the ways in and out of the target area and no media persons will be allowed to go in or even near the area to assess the situation.

At around 4 am the Pakistani force backed with tanks and heavy artillery entered the village and started their rampage, they broke the door and windows of the houses and badly beaten women and children residents as a result 4 Baloch women have been seriously wounded, the forces have also arrested over 12 men in the operation and shifted to an unknown location. Eventually, they set the entire village on fire due to which several houses brunt to ashes and many vehicles also caught fire.

According to Balcohistan’s National Media reports the Pakistani security forces took away several motorcycles and other vehicles, they also looted cash and valuables from the houses during the operation. Meanwhile spokespersons of Baloch Nationalist parties and student Organisation have strongly condemned the attack on Baloch village in their separate statements. They termed the unprovoked attack on Baloch village as the psychological defeat of Pakistani Forces. They said disrespecting Baloch women, torching the houses and beating women and children shows that Pakistani military have practically stepped up military operation in Balochistan. They urged the higher officials to take notice the incident immediately.

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