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Interim Balochistan Information Minister Jan Achakzai on Tuesday said that six militants were killed after security for\u00adces thwarted<\/a> three terror attacks in the province\u2019s Mach town last night.<\/p>\n Security for\u00adces had thwarted three \u201ccoordinated attacks\u201d launched by terrorists using rockets and sophisticated weapons in Mach town on Monday night, some 70km from the provincial capital, officials said.<\/p>\n While Achakzai had initially attributed the attack to terrorists affiliated with the Aslam Acho group, responsibility was later claimed by the Majeed Brigade of the proscribed Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA).<\/p>\n Security forces immediately responded to the attack and took up positions. The gun battle between terrorists and security forces had continued for several hours.<\/p>\n \u201cSix terrorists eliminated. Two recognised as Doda Baloch and Pardan Baloch. Pics and more details coming,\u201d Achakzai said on social media platform X.<\/p>\n Earlier in the day, he had said that five militants were \u201cneutralised\u201d by security forced. \u201cUpdated missing persons list,\u201d the minister said.<\/p>\n It should be noted that the minister has previously stated<\/a> that missing persons are \u201cBLA terrorists\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cWe commend the swift action taken by the Pakistan Army and Frontier Constabulary Balochistan in thwarting a terrorist attack in Mach, Balochistan,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cFive BLA terrorists have been neutralised, ensuring the safety of our citizens,\u201d he said, appreciating the \u201ccourage and dedication\u201d of the armed forces.<\/p>\n In a separate post<\/a>, he also shared a picture of one of the dead militants.<\/p>\n \u201cAfter the clearance operation in Mach, Balochistan, a dead body of a terrorist recovered. There are many more. So far reports, five terrorists were neutralised,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n According to the police, at least 15 rockets were fired from nearby mountains, which landed and exploded in different areas of Mach town on Monday night.<\/p>\n After firing rockets, terrorists attacked a camp of the security forces near the central jail and also entered the Mach railway station. There were reports that a railway policeman was martyred in the attack, while a truck driver injured.<\/p>\n However, no casualty was officially confirmed.<\/p>\n Soon after the attack, Mach town was plunged into darkness and traffic on the Quetta-Sibi Highway was suspended.<\/p>\n Last night, Achakzai said no damage was reported to any installations, nor were there any casualties among the security forces.<\/p>\n Achakzai\u2019s remarks came after, according to sources, rockets landed and exploded near a camp of the security forces close to the Central Jail Mach, the prison\u2019s residential area and other places in town.<\/p>\n Balochistan Inspector General Prisons Shuja Kasi had confirmed that rockets hit the walls of the residential colony of the Mach jail.<\/p>\n \u201cMortar shells and rockets exploded close to the walls of the colony,\u201d he had said, adding that no report of any casualty was received so far.<\/p>\n The jail superintendent had refuted social media reports that the gate and walls of the prison had been damaged. \u201cMach Jail and prisoners are completely safe and no rocket hit jail walls or premises,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n The officer said that at present 800 prisoners were kept in Mach Jail, which included some death-row prisoners.<\/p>\n Sources said that armed men also attacked a police station in the Gokrt area. However, levies and security forces immediately responded and thwarted it. A truck driver, Abdul Malik Shahwani was brought to the district hospital Dhadar with bullet injuries.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\nRailway, police stations, central jail targeted<\/h2>\n