Pakistan: On Tuesday, A shootout between police and armed gunmen killed nine people and injured 20 others in Pakistan's restive southwestern province of Balochistan. The firefight occurred after three gunmen entered police offices in Loralai district and threw hand grenades.

Balochistan police chief Mohsin Butt said that "Senior police officials were busy selecting candidates for different categories of civilian jobs when these terrorists entered the compound and hurled hand grenades,". He further added that "Police officials opened fire on them killing one of the terrorists,", adding that the two remaining gunmen went into hiding in the building and later blew themselves up.

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As per report, Three of those killed were policemen and six were civilian staff members, while twenty people were injured in the crossfire. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but Baloch separatist groups and Islamist militants have attacked security forces in the province in the past.

Balochistan is Pakistan's largest and poorest region, which borders Afghanistan and Iran and is rife with ethnic, sectarian and separatist insurgencies. Its residents have long complained that it does not receive a fair share of the profits made from its mineral wealth.

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