February 2019 Balochistan attacks
On 16 February 2019, armed men attacked and killed two Frontier Corps in Loralai. Later on 17 February 2019, another attack took place on Pakistani security personnel in which four members of the Frontier Corps were killed in the Gardab area of Panjgur District..The attack was carried out by the Baloch Raji Ajoi Sangar (BRAS), an alliance of three Balochi terrorist organizations, the Baloch Liberation Army, Balochistan Liberation Front and Baloch Republican Guard.
| February 2019 Balochistan attacks | |
|---|---|
| Part of the insurgency in Balochistan | |
| Location | Loralai & Panjgur District, Balochistan, Pakistan |
| Date | 16 February 2019 PST (UTC+05:00) |
| Target | Frontier Corps |
Attack type | Shootings |
| Deaths | 2 FC personnel in Loralai 4 FC personnel in Panjgur |
| Injured | 11 |
| Perpetrators | Baloch Raji Ajoi Sangar |
These attacks were preceded by the January 2019 Loralai attack in Balochistan in which eight policemen and a civilian were killed by gunmen and suicide bombers affiliated with Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan on 29 January 2019.
The attack happened hours before Saudi Arabia's Prince Mohammed bin Salman made his visit to Pakistan.