QUETTA: Security forces claim to have killed at least three suspected militants in Balochistan's Kech district on Thursday.

"Security forces launched a search operation against terrorists in the district's Sami and Tabjan areas to apprehend the suspects involved in attacks at the Frontier Works Organization (FWO)," said Khan Wasey, a spokesman for the Frontier Corps (FC).

"Three terrorists were killed during an exchange of fire with security forces," Wasey stated.

Weapons and ammunition were also seized by the security forces.

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The FC spokesman added that the dead miscreants were involved in attacks on FWO personnel and other government functionaries in the area.

Unidentified militants had opened fire at a FWO vehicle carrying officials on Tuesday, injuring at least five personnel in Balochistan's Turbat area.

Levies sources had said that the FWO personnel were going from Hoshap to Panjgoor area when their vehicle was attacked.

The injured were rushed to a nearby hospital for medical treatment, while the assailants escaped unhurt from the spot.

In another incident on the same day, a labourer was killed when militants opened fire at an FWO Camp in Hoshap area of Turbat.

Explosives recovered

FC personnel also foiled major terror bid by defusing three improvised explosive devices in Solani area of Kech district.

The FC Spokesman said unknown miscreants had planted the IEDs to target security forces and FWO workers in the area. He said FC personnel timely acted and defused all three IEDs planted on road side.