{"id":3745,"date":"2025-02-09T10:39:59","date_gmt":"2025-02-09T10:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bhrg.info\/en\/?p=3745"},"modified":"2025-02-09T10:40:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-09T10:40:00","slug":"the-phenomenon-of-armed-unknown-individuals-in-balochistan-2024-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bhrg.info\/en\/the-phenomenon-of-armed-unknown-individuals-in-balochistan-2024-report\/","title":{"rendered":"The Phenomenon of &#8220;Armed Unknown Individuals&#8221; in Balochistan \u2013 2024 Report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The term <em>&#8220;armed unknown individuals&#8221;<\/em> is frequently used in media reports to describe the perpetrators of <em>targeted killings and violent attacks<\/em> in <em>Sistan and Balochistan province<\/em> and other Baloch-majority regions. While these incidents are often attributed to tribal conflicts and personal vendettas, reports suggest that Iranian security forces, including the IRGC, the Ministry of Intelligence, and the anti-narcotics police, play a <em>direct or indirect<\/em> role in the targeted killings of Baloch citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Escalating Violence and Systemic Impunity<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>According to reports compiled in 2024, at least <em>469 Baloch citizens<\/em> were attacked by <em>&#8220;armed unknown individuals&#8221;<\/em> across the region. Among the victims:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>284 individuals were killed<\/em> and <em>185 were injured<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The casualties included <em>47 children and women<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>17 children and 9 women<\/em> were killed, while <em>14 children and 7 women<\/em> sustained injuries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>While some of these killings may stem from personal disputes, the <em>lack of action or deliberate inaction by security agencies<\/em> in prosecuting the perpetrators and addressing the rising violence has led many <em>human rights activists<\/em> to view these attacks as part of a broader systemic issue. The failure of law enforcement to curb these killings raises <em>serious concerns<\/em> about state complicity and its role in perpetuating <em>violence, fear, and instability<\/em> in Balochistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"3746\" src=\"https:\/\/bhrg.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-09-at-11.37.10.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3746\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The term &#8220;armed unknown individuals&#8221; is frequently used in media reports to describe the perpetrators of targeted killings and violent attacks in Sistan and Balochistan province and other Baloch-majority regions. While these incidents are often attributed to tribal conflicts and personal vendettas, reports suggest that Iranian security forces, including the IRGC, the Ministry of Intelligence, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":3746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human_rights"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bhrg.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bhrg.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bhrg.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bhrg.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bhrg.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3745"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bhrg.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3745\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3747,"href":"https:\/\/bhrg.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3745\/revisions\/3747"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bhrg.info\/en\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bhrg.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bhrg.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bhrg.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}