QUETTA, July 27: Private security guards foiled an attempt to attack an Imambargah in Hazara Town on Saturday and killed the suspected suicide bomber.

Sources said the guards told the three suspects to prove their identity after they saw them moving surreptitiously near the Imambargah. But they ignored the warning and instead started running towards the place of worship.

The desperadoes resorted to gunfire, but one of them died when the guards hit back. The two others managed to escape.

Police and other law enforcement agencies took the body to the Combined Military Hospital.

Fayyaz Sumbal, Deputy Inspector General of Police, confirmed that the private guards had killed the suspected suicide bomber. “The suspected bomber was wearing a suicide jacket,” he said.

A hand-grenade was found on his body. Security forces cordoned off the area and launched a search operation.