Baluch Tribal Leader Is Killed by Security Forces
From Times Wire Reports
Security forces killed an anti-government Baluch tribal leader, Nawab Akbar Bugti, and at least 24 suspected rebel supporters in a blow to a long-running ethnic resistance movement, authorities said. At least five troops also died.
Bugti, 79, a former senator and governor of Baluchistan, turned against the government amid disputes over distribution of revenue for natural gas extracted from tribal territories in the province, Pakistan’s largest and poorest.
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