QUETTA: Three militants were killed in a gunbattle with security forces in Tusp area of Panjgur on Saturday, official sources said.

Some vehicles of Frontier Corps were on patrol in Tusp area on the outskirts of Panjgur town when militants attacked them. The security forces started chasing them.

A spokesman for Frontier Corps said the attackers reached their hideouts and opened fire. “In a heavy exchange of fire from both sides three of the attackers died,” the FC spokesman said.