Cop martyred as police post, stations come under attack in Quetta
• Check post and police stations targeted in Qila Abdullah, Pishin and Duki districts; six gas bowsers set ablaze in Nushki
QUETTA: Unidentified armed men attacked police installations in Qila Abdullah, Pishin and Duki districts of Balochistan, martyring a policeman and injuring two others, police said on Wednesday.
Officials said a group of armed men riding motorcycles reached the Dolangi area of Qila Abdullah district and attacked the Gilo police check post with heavy weapons. They later set the check post on fire.
“The armed men launched the attack early in the morning,” confirmed Qila Abdullah Superintendent of Police Athar Rasheed, adding that no casualties were reported in the incident.
He said the assailants took away two AK-47 rifles, a private car parked at the police check post and a motorcycle.
The check post was badly damaged, with records and furniture completely gutted in the fire. Officials said a heavy contingent of police and security forces rushed to the area, but the attackers had escaped before their arrival. He added that a search operation was underway.
In a separate attack in Pishin’s Saranan area, assailants targeted the Sultan police station. According to reports, the attackers seized weapons from police personnel and later destroyed the building after planting explosives. Later, security forces launched a search operation in the area.
Officials further said a police station in the Duki area was also attacked by unidentified men on Tuesday night. A heavy exchange of fire took place between police and the assailants, resulting in the death of a police official identified as Syed Hassan Zarkoon.
Two other policemen, Muhammad Wali Zarkoon and Baloch Khan Luni, were injured in the attack.
Separately, police officials said armed men intercepted a convoy of six gas bowsers in the Mal area of Nushki district on Wednesday. After stopping the convoy, the assailants torched all six bowsers, which were empty and travelling to Taftan from where they were supposed to return to Iran.
Published in Dawn, June 11th, 2026
