QUETTA: The banned Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has claimed responsibility for killing Mir Attaur Rehman Mengal, who was gunned down in the Aranji area of Khuzdar on Sunday.

In a statement issued on Monday, a BLA spokesperson said the group conducted the attack which killed Mr Mengal along with his colleagues.

He also claimed that in December 2011, the Majeed Brigade of BLA had conducted a suicide attack at the resident of Shafiq Mengal in Quetta but he survived the attack.

Published in Dawn, June 24th, 2025

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