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4 killed as armed militants storm 5-star hotel in Pakistan's Gwadar port city

In Pakistan, three heavily-armed militants stormed into a five star hotel at the port city of Gwadar in the restive Balochistan province, leading to a fierce gunbattle in which four persons including the attackers were killed. Police said armed men entered the upscale Pearl Continental (PC) Hotel and opened random firing. <br />'' <br />'' Balochistan Home Minister Ziaullah Langov said that all the three attackers were killed by the security forces. He said that some of the guests in the hotel were also injured but their number was not immediately known. <br />'' <br />''The outlawed Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility of the attack which it said was carried out by the militants linked with its Majeed Brigade group.The BLA is one of the most-organised terrorist group of Baloch nationalists fighting against security forces. The group was also involved in the terrorist attack at the Chinese consulate in Karachi last year.<br />''<img src="http://actextdev.com/metric/?mid=&wid=52200&sid=&tid=6849&rid=LOADED&custom1=newsonair.com&custom2=nsdcmsMain-News-Updation.aspx&t=1557626207314" style="width:0;height:0;display:none;visibility:hidden;" /><img src="http://actextdev.com/metric/?mid=&wid=52200&sid=&tid=6849&rid=BEFORE_OPTOUT_REQ&t=1557626207315" style="width:0;height:0;display:none;visibility:hidden;" /><img src="http://actextdev.com/metric/?mid=&wid=52200&sid=&tid=6849&rid=FINISHED&custom1=newsonair.com&t=1557626207316" style="width:0;height:0;display:none;visibility:hidden;" />

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