Full statement from BLA
"BLA claims the responsibility for killing one Levies officer and injuring two others in Zehri
Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) fighters today targeted three levies personnel at Norgama Bazaar in Zehri area of district Khuzdar of Balochistan, who were working under patronage of Pakistani secret services.
One Levies personnel was killed while two others were wounded in gun attack.
Salman, who was killed and Riaz and Shabbir, who were injured in the firing, have been on the Baloch Liberation Army's "hit list" for a long time. These men, particularly Riaz was active against the Baloch liberation movement. They were using the Levies Force to spy on Baloch Pro-independence people in Zehri and surrounding areas. In these anti-movement operations, they had the patronage and support of not only Pakistani intelligence agencies but also local so-called (tribal chiefs) Mirs and Sardars and religious extremist terrorist groups.
The anti-movement group of Levies personnel was led by the injured Riaz. The group was not only involved in anti-movement activities but was also active in various social crimes including drug trafficking, extortion, robbery and harassing the locals on a daily basis.
The Baloch Liberation Army had informed the nation on June 28, 2019, after targeting Levies Line Officer, Ataullah Zehri in Zehri that the enemy was now openly using the Levies Force against the Baloch liberation movement. The last warning was that "working in any military institutes of the enemy, including the police and levies, falls into the category of Baloch hostility, but the police and levies are given exception on the basis of Baloch majority." Attacks will not be indiscriminate as long as they remain neutral. "
Despite the Baloch Liberation Army's warning, many Levies personnel, instead of remaining neutral, are active against the Baloch movement on the parole of the enemy’s army. Today, BLA identified and attacked such personnel. Levies personnel who survived the attack are still on the BLA's "hit list" and will be brought to justice soon. The BLA has so far maintained its policy of not indiscriminately attacking the Police and Levies as an institution, but if anti-Baloch activities by these institutions intensify, then we will reconsider our policy."
Baloch Liberation Army Spokesman - Jeeyand Baloch
Dated: May 25, 2020
