Islamabad: At least nine people were killed on Sunday in clashes between two groups in Pakistan’s Balochistan province.
Balochistan Home Minister Sarfraz Bugti said it was an act of terrorism, reported Geo News.
At least two militants were killed in the clash between terrorists and the tribal residents, Bugti said. The minister said at least six people, including women and children, were killed when armed men attacked a house near Dera Bugti town in the province.
The minister said members of the “peace committee,” a pro-government militia in the area, retaliated and killed two of the attackers and wounded three others.
Balochistan is home to a low-level insurgency by ethnic Baloch separatists. Al-Qaida-linked Islamist militants also operate in the region.
