Baloch separatists storm Pakistan's China-invested Gwadar port

Saleem Ahmed - Reuters - 20/03
Baloch separatists armed with guns and bombs attacked Pakistan's strategic Gwadar port, key to the multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, on Wednesday, with seven militants shot dead by security forces, a government official said.
QUETTA, Pakistan, March 20 (Reuters) - Baloch separatists armed with guns and bombs attacked Pakistan's strategic Gwadar port, key to the multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, on Wednesday, with seven militants shot dead by security forces, a government official said.
China has invested heavily in mineral-rich Balochistan, including developing Gwadar, despite a decades-long insurgency.
The militants stormed the complex in the rugged southwestern province which houses offices of different government departments, intelligence agencies and paramilitary forces, said Saeed Ahmed Umrani, a government commissioner.
"Attackers carried out many blasts," he told Reuters, adding that it was followed with a gun attack. He said the army and po...
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