QUETTA: Five members of a security force were martyred and eight others injured in a bomb attack in the Awaran’s Pirandar area on Tuesday.

Official sources said that unidentified people had placed a bomb at a roadside and detonated it by remote control when a convoy of security forces was passing through the area.

The vehicle was damaged by the bomb blast.

After the blast, security personnel cordoned off the area and shifted the bodies and the injured to a nearby health facility.

The martyred soldiers were identified as Sakhi, Shad Muhammad, Abdul Rehman, Khaleel Ahmed and Asadullah.

The injured were identified as Ikram, Ahsan, Alamgir, Shakir, Amir, Farhan, Sabeel and Omer Khan.

Meanwhile, two security personnel were injured when their vehicle was hit by a bomb blast in Tump area of Kech district. The explosive device was placed at a roadside. It exploded when the vehicle of security personnel was passing through the area.

The injured were taken to the Turbat district hospital.

Published in Dawn, October 3rd , 2018