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Pakistan: Multiple blasts, gunfire reported at Gwadar Port Authority complex
Gwadar [Pakistan], March 20, 2024 (ANI): Multiple blasts occurred after armed assailants forcibly entered Pakistan's Gwadar Port Authority Complex, Dawn reported, citing Makran Commissioner Saeed Ahmed Umrani.
Following the attack and reported open firing on the port, a large contingent of police and security forces has reached the scene while intense firing is ongoing. No casualties have been reported so far.
Meanwhile, the Majeed Brigade of the proscribed Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Pakistan has witnessed an uptick in terror activities in the past year, especially in KP and Balochistan after the banned militant Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan ended its ceasefire with the government in November 2022, Dawn reported.