Pakistan: Terrorist attack on the Gwadar Port Authority complex foiled

The security forces on Wednesday killed eight terrorists and repulsed an attack by militants on a complex outside the strategic port of Gwadar, security officials and Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti confirmed.

Armed with guns and bombs, the militants stormed the Gwadar Port Authority (GPA) complex just outside the port that houses offices of government departments, intelligence agencies, and paramilitary forces, said Saeed Ahmed Umrani, a government commissioner.