The onslaught that saw the paramilitaries lose their lives was claimed by the Baloch Liberation Army, a group behind rising violence in Balochistan province that borders Afghanistan and Iran.

Substitute Andrew Moran’s second-half goal earned Stoke an important 2-1 win at fellow strugglers Hull. Moran controlled and smartly followed up Lewis Koumas’ misdirected 74th-minute effort on goal to ...