QUETTA: Security forces claim to have arrested 10 suspected militants affiliated with a banned militant organisation in Balochistan's Gwadar district on Friday.

Frontier Corps (FC) spokesman Khan Wasey said FC and intelligence agencies' personnel conducted a raid in Gwadar and arrested 10 suspected militants.

The suspected militants were involved in target killing, extortion and bomb blasts in the area, Wasey said. Senior security officials are interrogating the suspects.

Security forces have intensified search operations in Gwadar district after a militant attack on Jiwani airport, near the Pak-Iran coastal border in the district on August 30.

Militants had opened fire at the airport, killing electronics superintendent Khalilullah. They also kidnapped, and later killed electronics engineer Mehmudullah Niazi.

Earlier in September, security forces claimed to have arrested eight 'militants' allegedly involved in the attack.

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