### [2026-04-12](/feed/2026/04/12/index.md)

##### Pakistan Coast Guard
# Three Pakistan Coast Guard personnel are killed when Balochistan Liberation Army militants open fire on a patrol boat in the Arabian Sea near the Iran–Pakistan border. 




### Sources:

1. [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/three-killed-armed-men-attack-pakistan-coast-guards-arabian-sea-2026-04-12/)

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