Pakistani forces search hotel day after insurgents’ attack
Intermittent firing could still be heard from the hotel on Sunday afternoon, with the separatist Balochistan Liberation Army claiming responsibility
Quetta — Pakistani security forces searched a luxury hotel in the port city of Gwadar on Sunday, a day after separatist insurgents stormed in, killing at least five people, in what the militants said was a strike against Chinese and other foreign investors. Officials said at least four gunmen raided the five-star Pearl Continental Hotel, but police on Sunday declined to say if any of the attackers had been captured or killed. Senior police official Rao Munir Ahmed Zia said three of the hotel’s four floors had been cleared and security forces were searching the top floor some 20 hours after the attack began. Intermittent firing could still be heard from the hotel on Sunday afternoon, Gwadar resident Abdur Rahim Baloch said . The Balochistan Liberation Army insurgent group, which says it is fighting what it sees as the unfair exploitation of the province’s natural resources, claimed responsibility saying the attack was aimed at “Chinese and other foreign investors”. The gunmen were ...
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