PTC News Desk: Baloch Liberation Army has shared released first visuals of the attack on Pakistan Army convoy hours after the separatist militant group orchestrated the attack on Sunday. The group has claimed to have killed 90 military personnel in the attack.
The videos shows the moment when the explosion took place in the district of Naushki in the restive province of Balochistan following which smoke was seen coming out of the bus. The video as released hours after the picture was shared showing a charred convoy.
The Majeed Brigade, along with another BLA's unit, Fateh Squad, targeted a military convoy, comprising eight buses, one of which was completely destroyed in the explosion, said the BLA in an official statement earlier in the day.
While the militant group has claimed to have killed 91 police personnel in the attack, the Pakistani army claimed that only seven of its soldiers were killed and 21 injured after their Taftan bound convoy from Quetta was ambushed with an IED-laden vehicle.
“A security forces convoy travelling from Quetta to Taftan was attacked. The convoy, consisting of seven buses and two vehicles, was targeted. One of the buses was hit by a vehicle loaded with IEDs, possibly a suicide attack, while another was targeted by Rocket-Propelled Grenades (RPGs)," said a Pakistani official in a statement.
