QUETTA: Two security personnel and a militant were killed and three security men were injured in a clash with militants in the Tump area of Turbat district on Thursday.

According to sources, a convoy of Makran Scouts, a wing of Frontier Corps, was going from Mand to Turbat when four people on motorcycles opened fire, killing two men on the spot.

The scouts returned fire and killed one of the attackers.

FC troops deployed in the area rushed to the site and took the injured to a hospital in Turbat. They cordoned off the area and launched a search operation.

Baloch Republican Army claimed responsibility for the attack. Calling from an unspecified place, BRA spokesman Sarbaz Baloch told reporters that FC had suffered heavy casualties.

He confirmed that a BRA militant had been killed and identified him as Piral Baloch.