Eight die, six injured as gunmen attack five-star hotel

Syngossip

Five people, including a soldier were killed after gunmen stormed a luxury hotel in the southwestern Pakistani city of Gwadar, the centrepiece of a multi-billion dollar Chinese infrastructure project, the military said Sunday.

The soldier was among security forces who rushed to the five-star Pearl Continental Hotel after the attack on Saturday.

“During the attack, five individuals got Shaheed (martyred) including four hotel employees and a Pakistan Navy soldier,” the military said in a statement.

One of the hotel staff killed was a security guard shot at the entrance.

Six others were injured including four security service officers and two hotel staff members.

The military said all three terrorists had been killed. Local police had earlier claimed there had been four attackers.

A Baloch separatist group, the Balochistan Liberation Army, claimed responsibility for the attack via Twitter.