SAA event in Balochistan, Darigwan, Chagai District area, Pakistan on Wed 22nd April 2026

On the evening of April 22, at least 10 people, including a Turkish national, were killed while several others sustained injuries in an attack at a copper and gold project site in Darigwan area of Chagai District in Balochistan, reports Dawn. Around 40 gunmen, suspected to be Baloch insurgents, on motorcycles and other vehicles stormed the mining project site of Pakistani company National Resources Private Limited (NRL) in the Darigwan area. “The attack left ten people dead, including seven workers and three security personnel,” a local administration official said on condition of anonymity as he was not authorised to speak to the media. “There are unconfirmed reports that militants also took some employees hostage,” he added. Hospital sources confirmed that the victims hailed from various regions, including Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), and Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), as well as the local area. One of the deceased was identified as Omer, a Turkish national. Though, no group has claimed responsibility for the attack so far, the Baloch insurgent groups had earlier history of attacking mining projects in the province.