Female Bomber Kills Pakistan's Paramilitary Forces, Four Others Injured

JAKARTA - A female suicide bomber killed a member of Pakistan's paramilitary forces and injured four others in the province of Blochistan in southwest Pakistan.

A Border Corps soldier was killed and four others injured in a suicide attack carried out by a female suicide bomber, said Bilal Shabbir, deputy commissioner of Kalat District where the attack took place.

No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.

Several ethnic rebel groups in Blochistan oppose the central government by saying that the central government is exploiting gas and mineral resources in the province, where there is a lot of poverty.

One of these groups, the Bloch Liberation Army (BLA) previously used female militants to carry out attacks, in contrast to most suicide bombings in the region, most of which involved male perpetrators.

In August 2024, 73 people were killed when separatist militants attacked police stations, railways and highways, and security forces launched retaliatory operations.