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Gunmen storm five-star hotel in Pakistan's Gwadar port city, kill guard

The Balochistan Liberation Army has claimed responsibility for the incident

The Pearl Continental Hotel, located on a hillside in the port, is used by foreign guests, many of them Chinese project staff
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The Pearl Continental Hotel, located on a hillside in the port, is used by foreign guests, many of them Chinese project staff

Agencies Quetta, Pakistan
Three gunmen attacked a luxury hotel in Pakistan’s southwestern port city of Gwadar on Saturday, killing at least one guard and battling security forces from inside the building, security officials and the army said.
 
Balochistan Home Minister Ziaullah Langove said most guests had been evacuated from the five-star Pearl Continental Hotel, which helicopters circled as fighting was underway.
 
Langove said all the three attackers were killed by the security forces, PTI reported. He said some of the guests in the hotel were also injured but their number was not immediately known.
 
The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), a

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