Baloch movement stilled by lack of leadership, strategy
By Francesca Marino, Jan 26, 2019 12:26:31 ISTThe attack was spectacular — and a dismal failure. On November 23, three Balochistan Liberation Army terrorists, armed with Kalashnikov assault rifles and explosives, parked along E-Street in Karachi and walked down the upmarket neighbourhood. One threw a grenade at the police picket outside the Chinese consulate. The attackers — Abdur Razzaq, Azal Khan and Raees Baloch — were cut down within minutes, before they could use the munitions and supplies they carried in anticipation of a drawn-out siege.Everything that could have gone wrong did go wrong. A suicide vest worn by one of the men failed to detonate. The team had failed to identify weak points in the consulate's defences. The people they succeeded in killing were two police officers and two civilians standing outside the consulate to apply for visas.Representational image. ReutersIntended to signal that the Baloch insurgency could still bite, the attack served instead as a demonstrat…
Baloch movement stilled by lack of leadership, str...