Five confirmed dead after assault on Pearl Continental hotel in Gwadar on SaturdayAn rebel attack at a luxury hotel on Pakistan’s south-west coast killed five people,including a special forces soldier, a hotel security guard and three staff members, and the country’s military said on Sunday after concluding a painstaking operation to clear the hotel and defuse explosive devices left behind by the attackers.
The statement clarified that three gunmen not four as initially reported had been killed during the eight-hour gunfight with security forces on Saturday inside the Pearl Continental hotel in the city of Gwadar.
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Source: theguardian.com