Pakistan's Military Calls One Army Killing Protester And Injures 16 People

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JAKARTA - Pakistan's military said protesters in the southwestern city of Gwadar attacked security forces deployed to guard their actions. One soldier was killed, 16 others were injured.

The ethnic Bloch nationalist movement has demonstrated over the past two days in the port city, blocking highways to demand the release of members of their movement they suspect were detained by security forces.

The violent attacks by the protesters have resulted in an injury of sixteen soldiers, including an officer, "the military said.

There has been no immediate reaction from Bloch movement officials.

The province of Blochistan in southwest Pakistan, where Gwadar is located, bordering Iran and Afghanistan, has long been the site of a small-scale insurgency by separatist groups.

They claim to be struggling to get a bigger share in the mineral resource-rich region.