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India-Pakistan
5 people killed in Gwadar PC hotel attack; army concludes clearance operation
2019-05-13
[DAWN] At least five people bit the dust in a terror attack targeting the Pearl Continental in Gwadar yesterday, the army's media wing said in a statement on Sunday, as it announced the conclusion of its clearance operation of the hotel.

Four hotel employees ─ three staffers and a security guard ─ were killed and a navy soldier was martyred, while six people ─ including two army captains, two navy soldiers, and two hotel employees ─ were maimed as button men stormed the luxury hotel.

The attack was claimed by the banned Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
Liberation Army, and a clearance operation at the hotel continued until late at night.

The army on Sunday afternoon announced that security forces had completed the operation at the hotel, killed three forces of Evil and retained their bodies for identification.

The ISPR, in a blurb, also provided a blow-by-blow of the attack and the ensuing operation, saying that three forces of Evil had entered the hotel with the intent of targeting hotel guests or taking them hostage.

The assault began between 4:30-5pm. The attackers wore uniforms resembling those worn by members of the security forces and were equipped with modern weapons, official sources told Dawn.

The ISPR said that the security guard at the entrance, Zahoor, attempted to deny the forces of Evil entry into the main hall, but was killed.

"The forces of Evil went to the staircase leading to the upper floors," the ISPR said. "Enroute to the stairs, the forces of Evil kept firing indiscriminately, resulting in the martyrdom of three more hotel employees, Farhad, Bilawal and Awais, while two got injured," the ISPR said.

The army's media wing said that the Quick Response Forces of the army, navy and police immediately reached the hotel, secured the guests and staff present there, and restricted the forces of Evil to a fourth floor corridor.

"After ensuring safe evacuation of guests and staff, a clearance operation was launched to take on the terrorists," the statement said. During this time, "the forces of Evil had made CCTV cameras dysfunctional and planted improvised bombs on all entry points leading to fourth floor," the statement said.

"Security forces made special entry points to get onto the fourth floor, shot down all forces of Evil and cleared planted IEDs," the ISPR said.

Pakistain Navy soldier Abbas Khan was martyred in an exchange of fire, while four other army and navy captains were maimed.

In the aftermath of Gwadar attack, the Balochistan government tightened security across the province. Chief Minister Jam Kamal chaired a high-level meeting today to review security arrangements in Gwadar and other parts of the province.

The army's media wing thanked the media for its responsible reportage during the operation, which "denied the forces of Evil of possible live updates" and "facilitated the security forces in smooth execution of the operation".
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