IED event in Balochistan, Turbat area, Pakistan on Sun 25th June 2023

The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) on June 25 claimed responsibility for the suicide attack on a VIP Army convoy that was going from Turbat Airport to the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) headquarters in the Turbat city of Kech District in Balochistan on June 24, reports The Balochistan Post. BLA’s Majeed Brigade took responsibility and also revealed the name of the suicide bomber. The outfit’s ‘spokesperson’ Jeeyand Baloch stated that “BLA’s female fidayeen [self-sacrificer] Sumaiya Qalandrani Baloch was behind the attack on Pakistani security forces.” Sumaiya was the second female fidayeen (self-sacrificer) of BLA’s Majeed Brigade while Shari Baloch was the first one who blew herself onApril 26, 2022, near the University of Karachi's Confucius Institute van, killing three Chinese academics and their Pakistani driver.