The Islamic State (IS) group has claimed a bomb explosion concentrating on police in Pakistan’s turbulent southwest that killed three policemen and wounded greater than a dozen.
A bomb planted on a parked bike on Tuesday (April 15, 2025) focused a passing bus carrying 40 policemen in Mastung metropolis of impoverished Balochistan province, the place safety forces have been battling sectarian, ethnic and separatist violence for many years.
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In a press release on Tuesday (April 15, 2025), the jihadist group’s regional department, Islamic State Khorasan (IS-Ok), which regularly carries out assaults on safety forces in Pakistan and Afghanistan, claimed its “soldiers” focused the “apostate” police.
Pakistan has witnessed a pointy rise in violence in its areas bordering Afghanistan for the reason that Taliban returned to energy in Kabul in 2021, with Islamabad accusing its western neighbour of permitting its soil for use for assaults in opposition to Pakistan – a declare the Taliban denies.
In Balochistan, separatist violence has intensified together with an assault final month by ethnic Baloch militants on a practice carrying 450 passengers, which sparked a two-day siege and left dozens useless.
IS-Ok can be energetic. The group has claimed duty for assaults on non secular minorities, focused killings of non secular students, and assaults on safety officers.
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In July 2023, the group claimed a suicide bombing at a political get together gathering that killed greater than 54 folks, together with 23 kids.
More than 200 folks, largely safety officers, have been killed in assaults for the reason that begin of the yr by armed teams preventing the federal government in each Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, in response to an AFP tally.
Published – April 16, 2025 01:07 pm IST
