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Top authorities officers acknowledged that the attackers “escaped in the darkness,” thereby resulting in no arrests as of now
- PTI Karachi
- Last Updated:May 10, 2021, 11:31 IST
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Unidentified armed males opened fireplace on a safety check-post in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province, killing a minimum of three paramilitary troopers, an official mentioned. The assault passed off on Sunday in the Marat space of the Bolan district.
A high authorities official mentioned, “Unidentified armed males had attacked the check-post in the calming space of Marat late Sunday which is a few 70 kilometers from Quetta. During the assault three Frontier Corps troopers have been killed and one injured. Although the troopers on the check-post returned the fireplace however the attackers managed to flee in darkness,” the official said.
The soldiers then cordoned off the area after the incident and launched a search operation in the nearby mountainous areas. However, no arrest has been made till now. The bodies and the injured soldier were brought to a hospital.
The attack on the soldiers comes just four days after militants from across the border in Afghanistan opened fire and killed four soldiers in the border area in Zhob district in the province. Balochistan has been battling an insurgency for more than a decade by separatists demanding complete autonomy or a larger share of the province’s gas and mineral resources.
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