Pakistan: Two policemen die during attack on checkpost in Quetta
At least Pakistani security forces and four terrorists were killed during a heavy gun battle when a police post was attacked by suspected terrorists in Quetta city on Thursday, media reports said.
According to officials, a group of armed men launched an assault on a joint post of police and forest guards in Shaban, located about 20km northeast of Quetta, reported Dawn News.
A heavy exchange of firing ensued after the security forces retaliated during the attack on the police post located in Shaban.
“Our two personnel were martyred,” a senior police officer told Dawn, adding that Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) personnel and Frontier Corps (FC) troops reached the site and launched a counter-attack against the assailants.
“In the counter-attack by CTD, four armed attackers were killed,” DIG Quetta Atizaz Goraya told Dawn News.
The deceased policemen were identified as Shamsul Islam and Muhammad Ramzan.
IBNS
Senior Staff Reporter at Northeast Herald, covering news from Tripura and Northeast India.
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