Thread by @KiyyaBaloch

Since many friends have been asking about the #Baloch lady, who carried out #karachiuniversity suicide attack. Here is little detail I can offer at this moment.

Shari, aka Baramsh, was a primary school teacher in her native #Kech district. She completed her B.Ed in 2014 and M.Ed in 2018. She did her Master's in zoology from the University of Balochistan and Mphil at Allama Iqbal Open University, Turbat campus.

Shari has two kids, each as old as five. Her husband is a dentist doctor, and her father served as a Director in a government agency. Later her father was a member of the District Council for three years.

Her brother-in-law is a lecturer. The family is a well-established and highly educated, and peaceful family. One of her uncles is an author, a former professor, and human rights campaigner.

It may be difficult to know exactly what provoked her to join the #Baloch armed struggle. However, she remained a member of #Baloch Students Organisation (#BSO_Azad) her student life.

None of her family members are missing or subjected to enforced disappearance except a fifth cousin who got killed during a military operation in 2018 in Kech.

The tactics to employ a woman in suicide bombings have raised some questions: Is the #Baloch insurgency redefining itself? Why use females now in such attacks and not before? Are these women brainwashed or coerced?

#BLA says Shaari joined Majeed Brigade two years ago and voluntarily signed up for self-sacrificing mission. “Following Brigade’s established procedures, she was given time to revisit her decision,” the group says in its latest statement.

“During these two years, Shaari rendered her services in different units of Majeed Brigade. Six months ago she confirmed that she continues to stand by her decision of carrying out a self-sacrificing attack. After that she was actively involved in her mission,” #BLA said.