QUETTA: Two security personnel were martyred and three injured in an attack on the convoy of the inspector general of Frontier Corps, Balochistan, in Was­huk district on Thursday.

IG Maj Gen Saeed Ahmed Nagra and Commandant of Panjgur Scouts Shajeeullah Qadri, who was travelling with him, remained unhurt in the attack.

Official sources said that the convoy was going from Panjgur to Khuzdar. When it was passing through the mountainous area of Nag tehsil, armed people opened fire on it and fled. Five FC personnel received bullet injuries and two of them died on the spot, they added.

A large number of security personnel rushed to the area soon after receiving information about the attack. They cordoned off the area and launched a search operation.

The martyred FC soldiers were identified as Hawaldar Yahya Uddin and Lance Naik Saifur Rehman. The bodies were first shifted to the district hospital and later to the deceased’s native towns for burial.

No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack.

The banned Baloch Libe­ra­tion Front has been active in the area for some time. The group was behind some attacks on security forces in Awaran and Washuk.

Published in Dawn, October 26th, 2018

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