QUETTA: A police head constable was martyred in a terrorist attack on a checkpost in the Huramzai area of Balochistan’s Pishin district on Monday.

According to police, armed militants on a motorcycle opened fire on a police checkpost using automatic weapons, following which police personnel retaliated.

“The exchange of fire, which continued for some time, resulted in the martyrdom of a head constable,” a police official who wished to remain anonymous told Dawn, adding that the assailants then fled from the scene.

The official said that security forces rushed to the site of the incident and shifted the body to the district hospital, where the deceased was identified as Naimatullah.

He termed the incident a terrorist attack, saying a search operation had been launched in the area to trace those involved in the attack.

No one group has claimed responsibility for the attack so far.

Last week, a policeman was martyred and four others were injured in attacks on two police stations by unidentified men in the Dhadar and Mal area of Balochistan’s Kachhi and Noshki districts.