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A 5-star hotel was targeted by gunmen this Saturday, May 11, in southern Pakistan in the port city of Gwadar. There would be at least one death according to the Pakistani authorities. The attack was claimed by the Baluchistan Liberation Front, a pro-independence group.
With our correspondent in the region, Sonia Ghezali
It is 4:50 pm local time when three heavily armed men enter the luxury hotel after firing at the entrance, killing a security guard. Local authorities claim that all clients have been evacuated. The attackers would be surrounded by security forces. The whole neighborhood is closed.
The Pearl Continental hotel is generally used by Pakistani foreign businessmen, including many Chinese. China has invested heavily in the port city of Gwadar, as part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Project, which aims to renovate and modernize the country's infrastructure and transportation networks from south to north to connect China's province. from Xinjiang.
A security challenge for Pakistan, as Baluchistan, of which Gwadar is the provincial capital, is beset by recurrent attacks claimed by either Islamists or Baloch separatist groups . One of them had claimed the death of 14 passengers on a bus bound for Karachi 600 km east of Gwadar last month.