QUETTA: Five militants and a Frontier Corps man were killed during an armed encounter in an area near Turbat in Kech district.

An FC spokesman said in Quetta on Tuesday the gunfight took place on Monday night when a group of armed militants were returning after attacking the camp of a construction company. (The incident was partly reported by Dawn on Tuesday.)

According to sources, the militants first overpowered Levies personnel deployed at the camp of the company, snatched their official weapons and then carried out the attack with heavy weapons, including rockets. However, they did not harm the Levies personnel.

The FC spokesman said the militants wearing uniform of security forces were intercepted by FC personnel at Buleda Cross when they were fleeing after the attack. “Five militants were killed in the exchange of fire and two others injured,” he said, adding that the militants had taken away the bodies of three men and two injured with them while fleeing the scene taking the advantage of darkness.

He said a non-commissioned FC officer, Samar Gul, was injured. He died on way to hospital.

“The bodies of two militants were taken into custody,” officials said, adding that FC personnel recovered arms and ammunition, including the official weapons which the militants had snatched from Levies personnel during the attack on the camp.