QUETTA, Aug 2: Three security men and a civilian were injured in shooting by unidentified armed men in Khuzdar on Saturday.

According to police sources, two men riding a motorcycle opened fire on the personnel of the Frontier Corps when they came to a bazaar at the Jinnah road for shopping. Two FC personnel, a police constable and a child received bullets injuries.

The injured were taken to the civil hospital.

Sources said that the FC men were stated to be in serious condition.

A spokesman for the Baloch Liberation Army, Beebargh Baloch, has claimed responsibility for the attack.

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