LARKANA, Dec 30: Two intelligence personnel and a police constable were killed in an ambush near Ratodero on Thursday.

According to sources, Hawaldar Fida Hussain Khoso of Naushahro Feroze and Lance Naik Fateh Mohammed Jarwar of Naudero were killed and Constable Aftab Soho injured (later died in hospital) when their vehicle came under attack near Bago Jatoi village.

Larkana district police chief Irfan Baloch said the intelligence personnel were after a target when they were attacked.  Police contingents from Larkana and adjoining Qambar-Shahdadkot encircled the area and launched a hunt for the attackers.

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